バス

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

Meanings

1

Common vehicle for public transportation.

I go to school by bus every morning.

2

Computing term for a data pathway connecting components.

〈場ば所しょ〉行ゆきのバスに乗のるto take the bus bound for a place
駅えき前まえから東とう京きょう行ゆきのバスに乗のった。
I took the bus bound for Tokyo from in front of the station.
バスを降おりるto get off the bus
次つぎの停てい留りゅう所じょでバスを降おります。
I'll get off the bus at the next stop.
バス停ていでバスを待まつto wait for the bus at the bus stop
雨あめの中なか、バス停ていでバスを待まった。
I waited for the bus at the bus stop in the rain.
バスが遅おくれるfor the bus to be late
事じ故こでバスが遅おくれている。
The bus is delayed because of an accident.

バスに乗のり遅おくれるmiss the bus (literally); miss the boat (figuratively); fall behind the times; miss out on an opportunity

低てい音おんN1
低音 broadly means any low-pitched sound, while バス specifically names the lowest singing voice range or a bass instrument part.
マイクロバス
バス is the general word for any bus, while マイクロバス refers specifically to a small minibus seating around 10–20 people.
シャトルバス
バス is the general word for any bus, while シャトルバス specifically means a bus running back and forth on a fixed short route.

テナー
テナー is a high male voice range, while バス is the lowest male voice range, making them the opposite ends of the male vocal spectrum.

バス sense 1
This バス (from English "bus") means a vehicle for public transport, while another バス spelled the same way (from English "bass") refers to the low musical pitch or a bass instrument.
バリトン
バス is the lowest male voice range below バリトン, and the two terms are easy to confuse when learning voice classifications.

台だいN4
stand; base; platform; table; rack · setting (of a gem); mounting · stock (in grafting) · counter for machines and vehicles · level; mark; range; decade (of one's life) · tall building (with a fine view); observation platform · plateau; heights

Borrowed from English 'bus'.

wrapped bus; bus wrap; bus covered in advertising

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