満員電車
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Meanings
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crowded train; packed train
Refers to a train so full that passengers are squeezed together, typical of rush hour in urban Japan.
The morning crowded train is really tough.
When you get on a packed train, you can't move at all.
Usage patterns
- 満員電車に乗るto get on a packed train
Every morning I get on a packed train to go to work.
- 満員電車で通勤するto commute on a packed train
Commuting on a packed train is really exhausting.
- 満員電車を避けるto avoid a packed train
I shift my schedule to avoid packed trains.
- 満員電車に押し込まれるto be squeezed/pushed into a packed train
I was pushed into the packed train by a station attendant.