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特急

特急

Chinese

 
male animal; special (-ly); special; unusual; extraordinary
hurried; worried
simp. and trad.
(特急)

Adjective

特急

  1. extra urgent; emergency
  2. extremely worried

Japanese

特急 (tokkyū): a limited express train.
Kanji in this term
とく > とっ
Grade: 4
きゅう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) っきゅう [tòkkyúú] (Heiban - [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞k̚kjɯᵝː]

Noun

特急 (hiragana とっきゅう, romaji tokkyū)

  1. Abbreviation of 特別急行.
  2. haste

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3