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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.
改札機にカードをかざした。
I held my card over the ticket gate.
切符を改札機に入れた。
I put my ticket into the ticket gate.
残高が足りず、改札機のゲートが閉まってしまった。
My balance was insufficient, and the ticket gate's barrier closed on me.
Compound of 改札 (ticket checking) + 機 (machine). In everyday speech the gate is often called simply 改札, referring to the ticket-gate area as a whole.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 改札機を通る: to pass through the ticket gate
- 自動改札機: automatic ticket gate (full term)
- カードを改札機にかざす: to tap a card on the gate