Vocabulary

What does 区間 (くかん, kukan) mean?

区間 (くかん, kukan) means section, segment (of a route).

Quick facts
Readingくかん
Romajikukan
Part of speechnoun, noun suffix
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
くかん
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonkukan

section, segment (of a route)

  1. 1noun · noun suffix section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension
  2. 2noun · noun suffix interval

Example sentences

  • This section is closed to traffic due to construction.

  • The train runs as a local, stopping at every station on this section.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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