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ロープウェイ (roopuwei) Japanese meaning: ropeway | Kotomora
ロープウェイ also: ロープウェー · ロープウエイ · ロープウエー
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You can see Mt. Fuji from the Hakone ropeway.
It's 10 minutes to the summit by ropeway.
Don't confuse with ロープウェイ is a suspended aerial cable car, while ケーブルカー usually refers to a funicular railway that runs on tracks up a slope.
ロープウェイ refers to the whole aerial lift system, whereas ゴンドラ usually means just the cabin (or a Venetian boat), not the entire transport line.
Written forms ロープウェー Usage 67%
Variant spelling with long vowel mark.
ロープウエー Usage 33%
Rare variant combining ウエ and long vowel mark.
ロープウエイ
Less common variant using ウエ instead of ウェ.
Etymology Loanword from English 'ropeway', with spelling variants reflecting different transliterations of the final syllable.
