| 轍 | わだち, てつ | rut, wheel track, furrow |
| 途轍も無い | とてつもない | extravagant, absurd, unbelievable, preposterous, unreasonable |
| 途轍もない | とてつもない | extravagant, absurd, unbelievable, preposterous, unreasonable |
| 転轍 | てんてつ | switching or shunting (of a rail car) |
| 転轍手 | てんてつしゅ | switchman |
| 転轍機 | てんてつき | (railroad) switch |
| 轍叉 | てっさ | railway frog |
| 前轍 | ぜんてつ | wheel tracks left by vehicles that have passed before |
| 轍を踏む | てつをふむ | to repeat a mistake (of somebody), to make the same mistake as that of ... |
| 前車の轍を踏む | ぜんしゃのてつをふむ | to repeat the mistake of somebody, to make the same mistake as that of ... |
