通勤電車(つうきんでんしゃ)

つうきんでんしゃ
noun
commuter train
transportation
1. commuter train
a train used primarily by people traveling to and from work
通勤電車(つうきんでんしゃ)が混(こ)んでいる。
The commuter train is crowded.
毎朝(まいあさ)通勤電車(つうきんでんしゃ)に乗(の)っている。
I take the commuter train every morning.
通勤電車(つうきんでんしゃ)の中(なか)でスマホを見(み)ている人(ひと)が多(おお)い。
Many people look at their phones on the commuter train.

Cultural note

Rush-hour commuter trains in Tokyo and Osaka are famously packed (満員電車(まんいんでんしゃ)), and many lines run women-only cars (女性専用車両(じょせいせんようしゃりょう)) in the morning rush.

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Related: 満員電車(まんいんでんしゃ) (packed train)
Related: 始発電車(しはつでんしゃ) (first train)
Related: 終電(しゅうでん) (last train)
Related: 通勤(つうきん)ラッシュ (commuter rush)
Related: 吊(つ)り革(かわ) (train strap)
Related: 通勤時間(つうきんじかん) (commute time, commuting time)
Related: 始発(しはつ) (the first train)
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Added 2026.1.27 20:29 · Revised 2026.9.27 7:02
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