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(Canada, US, Scotland, South Africa) An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas. / (Canada, US, Scotland, South Africa) A train that runs on such an underground railway.

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subway

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Source Word

subway

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈsʌbˌweɪ/

Noun

Canada Scotland South-Africa US Britain

Japanese Meaning

都市部における大量輸送を目的として地下に敷設された鉄道路線 / その路線上を走行する電車

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I missed the last subway and had to walk home through the rain.

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終電の地下鉄に乗り遅れて、雨の中歩いて家に帰らなければなりませんでした。

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(Canada, US, Scotland, South Africa) An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.

In 1884 Greathead was part of a syndicate that obtained powers for another subway – 'The City of London & Southwark Subway'. The term 'subway' sounded more sophisticated than 'underground railway', which was associated with the sulphurous Metropolitan, and it would be adopted by New York for its own electric metro when work started on that in 1904.

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