VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

切符

きっぷ

hepburn kippu

ticket (transport, admission)

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

駅で電車の切符を買いました。
I bought a train ticket at the station.
切符をなくしてしまいました。
I lost my ticket.

Collocations

切符 (kippu, ticket)券売機 (kenbaiki, ticket vending machine)チケット (chiketto, ticket loanword)回数券 (kaisuuken, multi-ride coupon)定期券 (teikiken, commuter pass)

Mnemonic

Kippu (切符) is Japanese for "ticket" — 切 (cut) + 符 (token / tally) = "a cut-off voucher," echoing the era of paper tickets torn from a roll. The word persists in the IC-card / QR-code age. Compare with chiketto (チケット, English-loan "ticket"): kippu fits transit and admission (train, bus, cinema, museum, onsen — everyday), chiketto fits concerts, sports, events, flights — entertainment / premium register. Kenbaiki (券売機, ticket vending machine) is standard at Japanese stations. Kaisuuken (回数券, multi-ride coupon book), teikiken (定期券, commuter pass), joushaken (乗車券, formal "passenger ticket"). Korean "pyo / seunchakwon / ticket" parallels, with Japan splitting loanword and Sino-Japanese by register.

Quick check

Natural Japanese for "concert ticket"?