(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.
I went through the ticket gate to the platform.
Let's meet at the ticket gate.
The automatic ticket gate was out of order.
2. ticket examination, checking tickets
The act of checking or validating tickets.
Ticket checking is done automatically.
There was a time when station staff checked tickets by hand.
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)(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)() (ticket gate machine)
  • 改札(かいさつ)(ない)/(そと) (inside/outside the ticket gates)

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

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