Word Meaning 転轍手

てんてつしゅ tentetsushu

転轍手 is read as てんてつしゅ (tentetsushu) and means switchman.

Meaning

English

  1. switchman
  2. pointsman
  3. rail transport worker who operated railway switches (points)

Reading

Kana

てんてつしゅ

Romaji

tentetsushu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 34 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

転轍機

てんてつき

switch (of a railroad)

転轍

てんてつ

switching or shunting (of a rail car)

運転手

うんてんしゅ

driver

性転換手術

せいてんかんしゅじゅつ

sex change surgery

転ぶ

ころぶ

(for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret

転勤

てんきん

job transfer

転覆

てんぷく

overthrow (e.g. of a government)

転居

てんきょ

moving

転嫁

てんか

second marriage

転がす

ころがす

to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

転がる

ころがる

to lie down

転生

てんせい

transmigration