Lesson 14

Question 1

Local train(s): stops at every station

Answer 1

普通 / 各停

ふつう / かくてい

Question 2

Rapid train: skips some stations

Answer 2

快速

かいそく

Question 3

Limited Express train: stops only at major stations

Answer 3

特急

とっきゅう

Question 4

Platform number

Answer 4

番ホーム

Question 5

Line (train)

Answer 5

線

せん

Question 6

To board / to ride

Answer 6

乗ります

のります

Question 7

To transfer (train) / to change (bus)

Answer 7

乗り換えます

のりかえます

Question 8

How / in what way

Answer 8

どうやって

Question 9

How do I get there?

Answer 9

どうやって行きますか？

Question 10

Take the Yamanote Line.

Answer 10

山手線で行きます。

Question 11

First [of all]

Answer 11

先ず

まず

Question 12

First, take the Chuo Line to Shinjuku Station.

Answer 12

先ず、中央線で新宿駅へ行ってください。

Question 13

Then transfer to the Yamanote Line.

Answer 13

それから、山手線に乗り換えてください。

Question 14

Excuse me. I am trying to get to Osaka Station. How do I get there?

Answer 14

すみません。大阪駅へ行きたいんですが、どうやって行きますか？

Question 15

This is a local train, so it would be quicker to take the next express train.

Answer 15

これは普通電車ですから、次の快速電車に乗った方が早いですよ。

これはふつうでんしゃですから、つぎのかいそくでんしゃにのったほうがはやいですよ。

Question 16

What time is the next express train?

Answer 16

次の快速は何時ですか?

Question 17

Semi-express / local express train: slower than express trains

Answer 17

準急

じゅんきゅう

Question 18

Express train: stops at fewer stations than rapid trains

Answer 18

急行

きゅうこう

Question 19

I took a different train.

Answer 19

違う電車に乗りました。

Question 20

Bus #21

Answer 20

21番のバス

Question 21

Commuter rapid train: only during morning and evening rush hours, with speeds similar to express trains

Answer 21

通勤快速

つうきんかいそく