急きゅう行こう

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急行する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', intransitive verb

Describes moving quickly to a destination. Often used in the pattern ～に急行する. The antonym is 緩行 (かんこう, 'going slowly').

Antonyms: 緩行

express train; express

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 急行列車 (きゅうこうれっしゃ). Refers to a type of train service that stops at fewer stations than a local train but more than a limited express.

〈場ば所しょ〉に急きゅう行こうするto rush/hurry to a place
警けい察さつは事じ故こ現げん場ばに急きゅう行こうした。
The police rushed to the scene of the accident.
急きゅう行こうに乗のるto take the express train
急きゅう行こうに乗のれば30分ぷん早はやく着つきます。
If you take the express train, you'll arrive 30 minutes earlier.
急きゅう行こうが止とまるthe express train stops (at a station)
この駅えきには急きゅう行こうが止とまりません。
The express train doesn't stop at this station.

特とっ急きゅうN5
特急 is a faster, often surcharged limited express, while 急行 is a regular express that makes more stops and usually has no surcharge.
快かい速そくN3
急行 is an express train that usually skips more stops than a 快速, making it a faster but related train category.
準じゅん急きゅうN1
急行 is a faster express train with fewer stops, while 準急 is a semi-express that stops at more stations than 急行 but fewer than a local train.
エクスプレス
急行 is the native Japanese term for an express train, while エクスプレス is the borrowed English word often used in brand names or casual contexts.

緩かん行こう sense 1
going slowly; slow travel
各かく駅えきN5
急行 is an express train that skips many stations, contrasting with 各駅, which stops at every one.
各かく停ていN3
急行 is an express train with even fewer stops than 快速, further contrasting with the all-stops 各停.

特とっ急きゅうN5sense 2
急行 (express) and 特急 (limited express) are both fast train categories, but 特急 stops at fewer stations and is faster than 急行.
快かい速そくN3sense 2
急行 and 快速 are both faster-than-local train services, but they follow different stopping patterns and 快速 is generally used on commuter lines rather than long-distance routes.

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急きゅう行こう列れっ車しゃ
express train
急きゅう行こう料りょう金きん
express surcharge; express charge
深しん夜や急きゅう行こう
midnight express; late-night express
特とく別べつ急きゅう行こう
limited express (ticket-required) · limited express (fewer stops)
通つう勤きん急きゅう行こう
commuter express; commuter limited express; rapid-service commuter train

Compound of 急 (きゅう, 'urgent, rapid') and 行 (こう, 'go, travel'). The train sense is a shortening of 急行列車.