改札(かいさつ)

かいさつ
noun
ticket gate, ticket examination
1. ticket gate, ticket barrier
The checkpoint at train stations where tickets are checked or validated.
改札(かいさつ)を通(とお)って{ホーム|}に行(い)った。
I went through the ticket gate to the platform.
改札(かいさつ)口(ぐち)で待(ま)ち合(あ)わせしよう。
Let's meet at the ticket gate.
自動(じどう)改札(かいさつ)が故障(こしょう)していた。
The automatic ticket gate was out of order.
2. ticket examination, checking tickets
The act of checking or validating tickets.
切符(きっぷ)の改札(かいさつ)は自動(じどう)で行(おこな)われる。
Ticket checking is done automatically.
駅員(えきいん)が改札(かいさつ)をしていた時代(じだい)もあった。
There was a time when station staff checked tickets by hand.
ICカードをタッチするだけで改札(かいさつ)が済(す)む。
Just tapping an IC card completes the ticket validation.

USAGE: 改札(かいさつ) is an essential term for using trains in Japan.

COMMON COMPOUNDS:

  • 改札(かいさつ)口(ぐち) (ticket gate area/exit)
  • 自動(じどう)改札(かいさつ) (automatic ticket gate)
  • 有人(ゆうじん)改札(かいさつ) (staffed ticket gate)
  • 改札(かいさつ)機(き) (ticket gate machine)
  • 改札(かいさつ)内(ない)/外(そと) (inside/outside the ticket gates)

IC CARDS: Modern 自動(じどう)改札(かいさつ) accept IC cards (Suica, Pasmo, ICOCA, etc.) as well as traditional paper tickets.

MEETING SPOTS:

  • 改札(かいさつ)口(ぐち)で待(ま)ち合(あ)わせ (meeting at the ticket gate) is a common arrangement in Japan.
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