吊(つ)り革(かわ)

つりかわ

noun

hanging strap; strap handle (on train/bus)

1. hanging strap; strap handle on trains and buses

the hanging loops or handles on public transportation that standing passengers hold onto for balance

吊(つ)り革(かわ)につかまって立(た)っていた。

I was standing while holding onto the strap.

The train shook, so I gripped the strap tightly.

I'm too short to reach the hanging strap.

吊(つ)る (to hang) + 革(かわ) (leather) → hanging leather

The straps were once made of leather, hence the name; today they are plastic or fabric. Also written つり革(かわ).

吊(つ)り革(かわ) is the strap you hold. The advertising posters hanging from the ceiling of a train car are 中吊(なかづ)り広告(こうこく), not 吊(つ)り革(かわ).

Related Words

Related: 座席(ざせき) (seat)

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Added 2026.1.26 13:23 · Revised 2026.9.25 9:23

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