インターチェンジ
Meanings
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interchange; service interchange
Refers to a grade-separated junction where highways connect, allowing traffic to switch routes. In Japanese, it specifically means a highway interchange, not a general exchange.
Please exit the expressway at the next interchange.
This interchange tends to get congested.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉インターチェンジで降りるto exit the expressway at ~ interchange
Please exit at the next Tokyo interchange.
- インターチェンジから高速に乗るto enter the expressway from an interchange
You can get onto the expressway from this interchange.