改札機(かいさつき)

かいさつき
noun
ticket gate; automatic fare gate
transportation
1. automatic ticket gate; fare gate (at a station)
The automated gate at a train or subway station that passengers pass through by inserting a ticket or touching an IC card. The machine checks the fare and opens or closes the barrier.
改札機(かいさつき)にカードをかざした。
I held my card over the ticket gate.
切符(きっぷ)を改札機(かいさつき)に入(い)れた。
I put my ticket into the ticket gate.
残高(ざんだか)が足(た)りず、改札機(かいさつき)のゲートが閉(し)まってしまった。
My balance was insufficient, and the ticket gate's barrier closed on me.

Compound of 改札(かいさつ) (ticket checking) + 機(き) (machine). In everyday speech the gate is often called simply 改札(かいさつ), referring to the ticket-gate area as a whole.

Common collocations

  • 改札機(かいさつき)を通(とお)る: to pass through the ticket gate
  • 自動(じどう)改札機(かいさつき): automatic ticket gate (full term)
  • カードを改札機(かいさつき)にかざす: to tap a card on the gate
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Added 2026.5.27 13:08 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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