開通式 – vocab dash

開かい通つう式しき

Meanings

Noun

1. formal opening (e.g. of a railway, road, etc.); opening ceremony; inauguration ceremony

Kanji used

開open 通pass through 式ceremony

Pitch accent

かいつうしき

Composed of

開かい通つう

opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. of a road to traffic); resumption of services

Noun

式しき

way; style; fashion; method; system; form; type; ceremony; rite; ritual; …

Noun

Examples1

たくさんの人ひとが新あたらしい橋はしの開かい通つう式しきに参さん列れつした。

Quite a few people attended the opening ceremony of the new bridge.