終電

Japanese

Kanji in this term
終	電
しゅう Grade: 3	でん Grade: 2
kan’on	goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅうでん [shùúdéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝːdẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

終(しゅう)電(でん) • (shūden) 

1. Clipping of 終電車 (shūdensha, “last train of the day”).

   終電(しゅうでん)を逃(のが)す

   shūden o nogasu

   to miss the last train

   • 2007 April 23, Kenshi Hirokane, “STEP5　Five O'Clock World①”, in ヤング島耕作　主任編, volume 1 (fiction), Tōkyō: Kōdansha, →ISBN, page 75:

     岩(いわ)田(た)じゃないか　どうしたんだ？
     あ　ごめん　飲んでたら　終電のがしちゃったの　今日泊めてー

     Iwata ja nai ka Dō shita n da?
     A gomen Nondetara shūden nogashichatta no Kyō tometē

     Is that you, Iwata? What happened?
     Oh, sorry. I had too much to drink and missed the last train. Can I stay here tonight?

   • 2013, 三秋縋, 「三日間の幸福」

     終(しゅう)電(でん)は数(すう)時(じ)間(かん)前(まえ)に駅(えき)を通(つう)過(か)していた。
     俺(おれ)は駅(えき)の硬(かた)い椅(い)子(す)に寝(ね)そべって始(し)発(はつ)を待(ま)った。

     Shūden wa sūjikanmae ni eki o tsūka shite ita.
     Ore wa eki no katai isu ni nesobette shihatsu o matta.

     The last train for the day had come through the station a few hours ago.
     I laid down on the station's stiff seats and waited for tomorrow's first train.