バス
バス
hepburn basu
bus
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- バスで学校に行きます。I go to school by bus.
- バス停はどこですか。Where is the bus stop?
Collocations
バス (basu, bus)バス停 (basu-tei, bus stop)路線バス (rosen-basu, route bus)観光バス (kankou-basu, tour bus)バスツアー (basu-tsuaa, bus tour)
Mnemonic
Basu (バス) is the katakana loan from English "bus" — part of the late-Meiji and Taishou-era new-thing vocabulary family. Pronunciation ba-su (2 mora) replaces the English /ʌ/ with the Japanese /a/. Compounds: basu-tei (bus stop), basu-taaminaru (bus terminal), rosen-basu (route bus), kankou-basu (tour bus), basu-tsuaa (bus tour). Densha, basu, and takushii form the urban transit trio. Japanese city-bus system: seiri-ken (numbered ticket taken at rear entry, fare paid on exit), kousha botan (descent button pressed before the stop), IC-kaado (Suica, Pasmo, regional IC cards).
Quick check
Small ticket taken when boarding from the rear of a Japanese city bus?