A verb or noun for a 始発電車 arriving for passengers Is there a name for a situation when a train departing from a source station () arrives empty and waits for passengers? For example, is there a way to ask if the train is already waiting on a platform, or when it will be ready for passengers? Like: > > I guess does not apply in this case, as the train does not formally arrive at the departing station. sounds too general on the other hand.

The technical term for that is []{} for the noun and you can attach to it //, etc. to form a verb.

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Will you actually hear us "regular" native-speaker passengers use the term? No, you rarely would if ever. It would mostly be either a railroad employee or a rail buff who might use it.

The rest of the nation would use phrases such as:

> []{}[]{}
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> /
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> []{}{}[]{}[]{}/