ダイヤ

ダイヤ · daiya · JLPT N3 · noun

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💎🚆 Two English words clipped to daiya: DIAgram (train timetable) and DIAmond

Japanese railways call the timetable chart a diagram, which is shortened to ダイヤ. Diamond (ダイヤモンド) gets cut down to the same sound. So ダイヤが乱れる means the train schedule is disrupted, and ダイヤの指輪 means a diamond ring.

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