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轍
轍
19 strokes
Frequency: 2484

Meanings

rut
wheel track

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
テツ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
わだちい
わだち

Common Words

とてつもない
途轍もない
途轍も無い
Expression
～い Adj.
Usually kana
Freq #5596
1

extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; preposterous; unreasonable

Examples
その地震はとてつもなく大きな津波を引き起こした。
The earthquake created a tremendous sea wave.
2

enormous; tremendous; extraordinary; monumental

轍
わだち
てつ
Noun
Freq #24635
1

rut; wheel track; furrow; groove; footsteps; wake

轍を踏む
てつをふむ
Expression
Godan verb
Freq #42673
1

Idiomatic expression

to repeat someone's mistake; to make the same mistake as one's predecessor; to follow the ruts (of a previous cart)

転轍機
転てつ機
てんてつき
Noun
Freq #185623
1

Railway

switch; points

轍叉
てっさ
鉄叉
Noun
Freq #195895
1

railway frog

前轍
ぜんてつ
Noun
Freq #247114
1

wheel tracks left by vehicles that have passed before

轍鮒の急
てっぷのきゅう
Expression
Noun
Freq #255246
1

imminent danger; impending hardship

転轍
てんてつ
～する Verb
Noun
Freq #268028
1

switching or shunting (of a rail car)

轍鮒
てっぷ
Noun
Freq #269953
1

person or thing in imminent danger; fish on the chopping board

前車の轍を踏む
ぜんしゃのてつをふむ
Expression
Godan verb
Freq #303035
1

Idiomatic expression

to repeat someone's mistake; to make the same mistake as one's predecessor; to follow the ruts of a previous cart

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