Light railway - Keibentetsudo

Japanese: 軽便鉄道 - けいべんてつどう
Light railway - Keibentetsudo
〘 noun 〙 A slang term for a railway with a narrow track and small locomotives and carriages. Lightweight. ※Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun - November 13, 1886 (Meiji 19) "Shimomura & Co. is planning to lay a light railway from Tokyo to Hachioji."

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:
〘名〙 軌道の幅がせまく、小型の機関車および車両を用いる鉄道の俗称。軽便。※東京日日新聞‐明治一九年(1886)一一月一三日「下村商会に於ては東京より八王子へ通ずる軽便鉄道を布設せんとて」

出典 精選版 日本国語大辞典精選版 日本国語大辞典について 情報

<<:  Criminal law - Keiho

>>:  Chicken manure

Recommend

Mortlock

...The exact same female figures are always found...

Far northern languages

A general term for the languages ​​spoken in Sakha...

Kidney Blow - Kidney Blow

⇒ Kidney Punch Source: About Shogakukan Digital Da...

Mouse-like - Giso

…Behaviorism focuses on behavior rather than the ...

Enokizu (Fukuoka) - Enokizu

...Early water transport was probably on a small ...

Chun yú Kūn (English spelling)

He was from the state of Qi during the Warring Sta...

Okabe Tameshiki - Okabe Tameshiki

…However, they did not create a mobilization orga...

Phoca fasciata; ribbon seal

The spotted seal is a member of the genus Phocidae...

locoweed

…Young shoots are boiled and eaten, and they are ...

Kasumi [town] - Kasumi

An old town in Kinosaki County in northern Hyogo P...

Commemorative medal - kinensho

〘 noun 〙 A medal given to those involved in a cert...

Skoda [company] - Skoda

The largest company in the Czech Republic, a compr...

Ihara Tsurunaga

... Haikai. Edited by Ihara Tsurunaga (Saikaku). ...

Large rock moss - Large rock moss

A large, beautiful moss belonging to the family Ce...

Uto [city] - Uto

Kumamoto City is located in central Kumamoto Prefe...