てつ
Meanings
Noun
1. iron (Fe)
Adjective (の)
Noun
2. strong and hard (as iron)
Noun
Suffix
Abbreviation
3. railway
Noun
Colloquialism
4. railway enthusiast
Kanji used
iron
Pitch accent
Top 2200
Used in vocabulary (88 in total)
railroad; railway; rail transport
underground train; subway
Examples (14 in total)
Is it made of iron?
Gold is heavier than iron.
A magnet attracts iron.
Iron transmits heat well.
Wood floats, but iron sinks.
Gold is more precious than iron.
Iron is the most useful metal.
Do you have any spare iron ingots?
This metal is comparable to iron in strength.
Galileo dropped two iron balls from the top of the tower.
He was beaten with an iron rod during a violent soccer match.
The atomic number of iron is 26.
Iron is much more useful than gold.
The Golden Gate Bridge is made of iron.