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ＪＲ (ジェー・アール) Japanese meaning: JR | Kotomora

ＪＲ

also: ジェーアール · ジェイアール

Common word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

1

JR; Japan Railways

Refers to the Japan Railways Group, the major railway network in Japan. Commonly used in station names, signs, and announcements.

東とう京きょう駅えきはＪＲの主しゅ要ような駅えきの一ひとつです。
Tokyo Station is one of the major JR stations.

Usage patterns

ＪＲでじぇーあーるで〈場所ばしょ〉に行くにいくto go to <place> by JR (train)
ＪＲで大おお阪さかに行いくつもりです。
I plan to go to Osaka by JR.

Related words

国こく電でんN1
国電 is the historical term used before 1987 for JNR's city trains, while JR is the modern successor name used for the same kind of service today.

Don't confuse with

国こく鉄てつN1
国鉄 is the pre-1987 state-owned railway corporation, while JR is the group of privatized companies that succeeded it, so the two are often mixed up despite referring to different eras.
私し鉄てつN3
私鉄 refers to railways owned by private companies, whereas JR is the group of formerly national railways that were privatized but are still treated as a separate category from ordinary 私鉄.

ＪＲで大おお阪さかまで行いきます。

I'll go to Osaka by JR.

Written forms

ＪＲUsage99%
- ジェー・アール
  Standard abbreviation for Japan Railways. The reading ジェー・アール is the most common pronunciation.
- ジェーアール
  search-only kana form
ジェイアールUsage1%
search-only kana form
Search-only kana form; not a standard written spelling.

Etymology

Abbreviation of 'Japan Railways'. The reading ジェー・アール comes from the English letter names J and R.