Derail in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishOf a train or a tram: to come off its rails.

Definition in Japanese電車や路面電車がレールから外れること。

Example sentences

• 子(こ)どもの頃(ころ)、町(まち)はずれで列車(れっしゃ)が脱線(だっせん)して、町(まち)じゅうの人(ひと)が見(み)に行(い)ったんだ。🔊

  When I was a kid, a train derailed just outside our town and everyone went to look.

• 車庫(しゃこ)の近(ちか)くで車両(しゃりょう)が脱線(だっせん)したらしくて、今日(きょう)は一日運転見合(いちにちうんてんみあ)わせだって。🔊

  Apparently a train car derailed near the depot, so nothing's running on the north line today.

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