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transfer guide; transit-routing service; train route finder
Information showing how to transfer between trains, subways, or buses to get from one station to another. Also the generic name for smartphone apps and web services (notably 'Yahoo!乗換案内') that calculate such routes.
乗換案内を調べた。
I checked the transfer route.
アプリの乗換案内が便利だ。
The transit-routing app is very handy.
乗換案内で調べたら、次の駅で急行に乗り換えるのが早いとわかった。
When I checked the route finder, I learned that transferring to the express at the next station is fastest.
Compound of 乗り換え (transfer between trains/lines) + 案内 (guide, information). Originally referred to printed timetables and station signs, but in everyday speech today it most often refers to a smartphone app or website.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 乗換案内を調べる: to look up a transfer route
- 乗換案内アプリ: transit-routing app
- 乗換案内所: information desk for transfers
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 乗り換え: transfer (the act of changing trains/lines)
- 時刻表: timetable
- 経路検索: route search (more technical term for the same feature)