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鉄片

Reading

Kana: てっぺん
Romaji: teppen
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

iron scraps

Kanji

Readings: テツ、 くろがね
Meaning: iron
Readings: ヘン、 かた-、 かた
Meanings: one-sided, leaf, sheet, right-side kata radical (no. 91)

Example Sentence

線路(せんろ)(うえ)鉄片(てっぺん)があったために列車(れっしゃ)脱線(だっせん)した。
➥The train was derailed by a piece of iron on the track.
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