蒸気機関車

じょうききかんしゃ

Meanings

1. Noun steam locomotive

Kanji

• 蒸 steam. Read as ジョウ.
• 気 spirit
• 機 machine
• 関 relate. Read as カン.
• 車 car. Read as シャ.

Example sentences

• 蒸気機関車は電車に取って代わられた。
  Steam trains were replaced by electric trains.
• 蒸気機関車は電車ほどなめらかには走らない。
  Steam locomotives run less smoothly than electric trains.
• 明け方、私たちは蒸気機関車の汽笛で目を覚ました。
  We were wakened by the whistle of the steam locomotive at dawn.

Common phrases

• 蒸気機関車が走る

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