駅えき

noun

station; railway station; train station

The standard word for any train station, and by extension bus stations or other transit stops.

• 東とう京きょう駅えきで降おりてください。

  Please get off at Tokyo Station.

• 駅えきの近ちかくにコンビニがあります。

  There is a convenience store near the station.

noun

staging post; post station

Historical term for a relay station or post town along old highways, such as the Tōkaidō, where travelers and horses could rest.

• 東とう海かい道どう五ご十じゅう三さん次つぎの宿しゅく場ばは、かつて「駅えき」とも呼よばれた。

  The post towns of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō were once also called 'eki'.

counter

counter for stations

Used to count the number of stations, e.g., how many stops away something is.

• ここから三さん駅えき先さきで降おります。

  I'll get off three stations from here.