駅

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 駅まで歩いて十分です。▶ —
   It's 10 minutes on foot to the station.
2. 東京駅で会いましょう。▶ —
   Let's meet at Tokyo Station.

Collocations

Mnemonic

駅 eki — Japanese stations are city centers, meeting hubs, shopping/dining zones. Place names attach directly: 東京駅, 新宿駅. Compound 駅前 ekimae (in front of station, batch 7). Common phrase ~番出口 banguchi (exit #~); meetups specify exits like "東京駅八重洲口" (Yaesu-guchi).

Quick check

1. "I meet a friend at the station" — correct particle?

   • 駅で友達に会います (correct, ~で venue + ~に person)
   • 駅に友達に (~に twice, awkward)
   • 駅を友達と (wrong particles)
   • 駅から (= "from station", different)