鉄 (Tetsu) is a Japanese noun meaning “iron (Fe), steel, iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.), railway”.
Meanings
- nouniron (Fe)
- nounsteel
- adjectival noun, nouniron (will, discipline, lady, etc.)
- noun, noun suffix, noun prefixrailway
- noun suffixrailway enthusiast
Examples
金は鉄より重い。
Gold is heavier than iron.
鉄は金よりも硬い。
Iron is harder than gold.
木は浮くが鉄は沈む。
Wood floats, but iron sinks.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).