Railroad tracks

Japanese: 線路 - せんろ

〘noun〙① A line that goes straight in a certain direction. Also, a line that connects two points. ※Rekisho Shinsho (1798-1802) - "If you take a whole circle and throw yourself into it, this whole circle can protect the tracks of a single road, even to infinity." ※On Intercourse Between Men and Women (1886) by Fukuzawa Yukichi - "The tracks of sexual relations between men and women are almost completely cut off, and it is as if there is no convenient way to pass them through." ② The path that something takes. Direction. ※Nakae Chomin - Appendix to A Year and a Half (1901) - "There may be another track with a clear hole." ③ The path of a railway. Railway tracks. Also, rail. Railway. ※Naniwa Shimbun - July 28, 1876 (Meiji 9) "As train service between Osaka and Nishikyo has begun, <omitted> it is forbidden to trespass on the right track." ④ An outdoor wired electrical circuit such as a power line or telegraph line. ※Newspaper Magazine - Issue 16, October 1871 (Meiji 4) "A track with a transmitter installed from Tokyo to Nagasaki _{is shown on the left} ." ⑤ A transportation route for sending mail. A postal line. ※Communication History Summary (1898) (compiled by the Ministry of Communications) 2 "Postal lines are usually of three types: roads, railways, and waterways <omitted> The frequency and speed of mail delivery are determined according to the type of track." ⑥ A route on which ships navigate. ※Communication History Summary (1898)〈Compiled by the Ministry of Communications〉3 "Railways that can be used to navigate to domestic and foreign ports, with routes classified as foreign (1), domestic (2), coastal (3), and flat water (4)" ⑦ Narrow road. ※One Hundred Poems by Professor Wan'o (1794) Geppa-ro Sekijou Wakamatsu Ari-moji "A commentary on the staircase and the Xuan-shou ₍ ₁ ) railroad track, a red banquet in the forest garden _{and a} _pile of flowers"

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Japanese:

〘名〙① ある方向にまっすぐに進む線。また、ある二点を結ぶ線。※暦象新書（1798‐1802）中「一丸を取て其中に投ることあらば、是丸能一道の線路を守て、無窮に至ても」※男女交際論（1886）〈福沢諭吉〉「男女情交の線路は殆んど断絶して之を通ずるの方便なきものの如し」② 物事の進むすじみち。方向。※一年有半（1901）〈中江兆民〉附録「別に坦々たる孔道の一線路有る可し」③ 鉄道の道すじ。鉄道の軌道。また、レール。レールウェー。※浪花新聞‐明治九年（1876）七月二八日「大坂西京間之汽車運転相開候に付〈略〉猥りに右線路へ立入間敷」④ 送電線・電信線など、屋外の有線電気回路。※新聞雑誌‐一六号・明治四年（1871）一〇月「東京より長崎まで伝信機を設けらる線路如_レ左」⑤ 郵便物を逓送する交通路。郵便線路。※逓信史要（1898）〈逓信省編〉二「郵便線路は通常道路鉄道及水路の三種より成り〈略〉郵便物逓送の度数及其逓送速度の等級は線路の種類に従ひて之を定め」⑥ 船舶が航行する道すじ。※逓信史要（1898）〈逓信省編〉三「航路を外国（一）内国（二）近海（三）平水（四）に種別し其第一種を内外国の諸港に航通し得べき線路」⑦ 細い道。※玩鴎先生詠物雑体百首（1794）月波楼席上詠蟻拈媒字「階砌玄裳疏_二線路_一、林園赤宴_二花堆_一」

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