► 名詞
鉄 [(2)てつ] meaning: steel rank: 2
☆ 鉄は最も一般的に使われている金属だ ⇨ Steel is the most common used metal (☛ Technically 鉄 is iron and 鋼 is steel, even though colloquially used to mean steel)
More examples:
- 鉄板で出来た屋根 ⇨ A roof made of sheet metal
- 鉄条網のフェンス ⇨ Barbed wire fencing
- 鉄やアルミ等の金属 ⇨ Metals like steel and aluminum
- 日本国有鉄道は六つの民間会社に分割された ⇨ Japan National Railways was divided into 6 private companies
- 彼等は鉄壁の守りで知られる ⇨ They are known for extremely secure, robust, defense
- 鉄の比重は約8立方センチグラムだ ⇨ The relative density of steel is about 8 g/cm3
- 私は脛を鉄パイプに強か打った ⇨ I hit my shin against a steel pipe really hard
- 彼は連続出場記録を持つ鉄人だ ⇨ He is a man of steel who holds the record for consecutive games played
- 国鉄は民間化でJRと改称された ⇨ National Railways were renamed as JR during its privatization
- ボコボコになった鉄板 ⇨ A heavily dented steel sheet
- 爆風で鉄柱がねじ曲げられていた ⇨ The steel columns were twisted by the blast
- 彼は鉄格子の後ろに居る (てつごうし) ⇨ He is behind steel grids, behind bars, in prison
- 彼等は少数民族を鉄拳で支配している ⇨ They are ruling the ethnic minorities with iron fists
- 熱処理された鉄 ⇨ Heat treated steel
- 彼は鉄の棒をいとも簡単にひん曲げた ⇨ He bent the steel bar as if nothing