ステーション

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English station.

First attested in a text from 1870.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ステーション [sùtéꜜèshòǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) ステーション [sùtééshóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sɨ̥ᵝte̞ːɕõ̞ɴ]

Noun

ステーション • (sutēshon) 

1. a station (a place where a vehicle may stop; a facility or place where a particular operation is carried out)

   Synonym: (place where a vehicle may stop) 駅 (eki)

   • 2002 April 27, Kozue Amano, “Navigation(ナビゲーション)06(れいろく)　始(はじ)めてのお客(きゃく)様(さま) [Navigation 06: My First Customer]”, in AQUA(アクア) (AQUA(アクア)) [AQUA], volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Enix, →ISBN, page 20:

     おいもみ子(こ)　浮(う)き島(じま)への空(くう)中(ちゅう)ロープウェイ駅(ステーション)まで頼(たの)む

     Oi Momiko Ukijima e no kūchū rōpuwei sutēshon made tanomu

     Hey Sidie, take me to the aerial ropeway station to the Floating Islands.

     …もみ子(こ)⁉

     …Momiko⁉

     Sidie!?

Derived terms

• 宇(う)宙(ちゅう)ステーション (uchū sutēshon, “a space station”)
• エコステーション (eko sutēshon, “a gas station with equipment to support eco-friendly electric vehicles”)
• キーステーション (kī sutēshon, “a key broadcasting station that provides programming to other affiliate stations in the network”)

Related terms

• ナースステーション (nāsu sutēshon, “a nurse station in a hospital or clinic”)
• ワークステーション (wākusutēshon, “a workstation”)