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架空索道 (kakuusakudou) Japanese meaning: aerial ropeway | Kotomora
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An aerial ropeway for sightseeing has been installed on this mountain.
At the construction site, an aerial ropeway is used to transport materials.
Kanji 道 road-way, street, district Related words ロープウェイ Common loanword for a passenger gondola lift; 架空索道 is the formal technical term covering both passenger and industrial systems.
索さく 道どう Shorter form meaning 'cableway' or 'ropeway'; 架空索道 explicitly includes 'aerial' (架空) to distinguish from ground-level cable systems.
Etymology Compound of 架空 (aerial, overhead) and 索道 (ropeway, cableway). The term is a modern technical coinage.
