鉄道事故

Reading

Kana: てつどうじこ

Romaji: tetsudoujiko

Definition

noun

1

railroad accident

Kanji

鉄

Readings: テツ、 くろがね

Meaning: iron

道

Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち

Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

故

Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと

Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently

Example Sentences

彼(かれ)は鉄道(てつどう)事故(じこ)で死(し)んだ。

➥He was killed in a railroad accident.

東京駅(とうきょうえき)での鉄道(てつどう)事故(じこ)はどうして起(お)こったのですか。

➥How did the railway accident at Tokyo Station come about?

その鉄道(てつどう)事故(じこ)で死者(ししゃ)三(さん)名(めい)、重軽傷者(じゅうけいしょうしゃ)１０名(めい)が出(で)た。

➥Three persons were killed and ten were severely or slightly injured in the railway accident.