Translation guide
A charge for passing through a place or using a transit system. In Japanese, this is expressed with specific words depending on context: tolls for roads, fares for public transport, or general passage fees.
A fee for using a toll road, expressway, bridge, or tunnel.
General term for a toll or passage fee, most commonly used for expressways and toll roads.
Pay the expressway toll.
Specifically refers to the fee for a toll road. More formal or administrative.
This toll road fee is too expensive.
A toll specifically for crossing a bridge. Rarely used in everyday speech.
You need to pay a bridge toll to cross that bridge.
The price of a ticket or fare for buses, trains, subways, etc.
Standard word for fare on trains, buses, and other public transport.
How much is the bus fare?
General word for fee or charge, often used for transit fares in compounds or when the context is clear.
Specifically a boarding fare, used for buses or trains.
The fare is paid in advance.
A fee for passing through a checkpoint, gate, or area, not necessarily a road or public transport.
Use 通行料 for road tolls and 運賃 for public transport fares. 料金 is a general term that can cover both but is less specific.
To ask about a transit fee, use 「いくらですか？」 (How much is it?) with the appropriate noun. For example: 「運賃はいくらですか？」
電車の料金を調べる。
Check the train fare.