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white line; white marking
A white line painted on surfaces such as roads, train platforms, and sports fields. In Japan, commonly associated with platform safety lines at train stations and road markings.
白線の内側にお下がりください。
Please stand behind the white line.
Standard train station announcement.
道路の白線が薄くなっている。
The white line on the road has faded.
駅のホームでは白線の内側で電車を待つのがルールだ。
The rule at station platforms is to wait for the train behind the white line.
USAGE: 白線 is most familiar from the station announcement 白線の内側にお下がりください (please stand behind the white line), heard at train stations across Japan.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 白線の内側: inside/behind the white line
- 白線を引く: to draw a white line
- 白線を越える: to cross the white line
- 横断歩道の白線: white lines of a crosswalk