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► 名詞
  [(2)てつ]    meaning:  steel  rank: 2
☆ 鉄は一般的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:
  • 鉄板で出来屋根 ⇨ A roof made of sheet metal
  • 鉄の比重8立方センチグラムだ ⇨ The relative density of steel is about 8 g/cm3
  • は鉄格子のろに居る (てつごうし) ⇨ He is behind steel grids, behind bars, in prison
  • は鉄のをいとも簡単にひんげた ⇨ He bent the steel bar as if nothing
  • 鉄砲は最初ポルトガルから日本輸入された ⇨ Guns were originally imported from Portugal to Japan
  • 東京では地下鉄が非常発達している ⇨ The subways are highly developed in Tokyo
  • 連続出場記録持つ鉄人だ ⇨ He is a man of steel who holds the record for consecutive games played
  • 日本は鉄道網が発達している ⇨ Japan has well-developed railroad networks
  • 爆発で鉄のがひんがった ⇨ A steel column got bent out of shape by the explosion
  • 彼等少数民族を鉄拳で支配している ⇨ They are ruling the ethnic minorities with iron fists
  • 鉄はくて取扱く、且つい ⇨ Steel is strong, easy to handle and also inexpensive
  • は無鉄砲ながある ⇨ He has a reckless side to him
  • 爆発で鉄のグニャグニャがっていた ⇨ Steel columns were bent like wires by the explosion
  • は鉄条網をかいくぐって進んだ ⇨ He advanced ducking barbed wires
  • 鉄が酸化すると錆る ⇨ When steel gets oxidized it rusts