駅名(えきめい)

駅(えき) (station) + 名(めい) (name). The 名(めい) suffix forms this whole family of words: 地名(ちめい) (place name), 社名(しゃめい) (company name), 書名(しょめい) (book title).

Common collocations

• 駅名(えきめい)を確(たし)かめる: to check the station name
• 駅名(えきめい)が変(か)わる: the station name changes
• 駅名(えきめい)標(ひょう): station name sign (on the platform)
• 駅名(えきめい)を読(よ)み上(あ)げる: to read out the station names

Cultural note

Station renaming is a small but regular news item in Japan, and companies sometimes pay for a station to carry their name. Because station names double as informal neighborhood names, a change affects addresses in conversation too.

Similar words

• 地名(ちめい): place name — the wider term; a station name often comes from one
• 路線名(ろせんめい): line name — the name of the railway line rather than the stop