The Japanese word for car is
自動車
じどうしゃ - jidousha自-self, oneself (ji), 動-movement, to move (zu), 車-vehicle (sha)
Japanese Definition
car | |
1. eng. 自動車、車。 | |
She drove her car to the mall. | |
彼女は車を運転してモールへ行った。 | |
2. eng. 鉄道で、客車、貨車といった動力を有さない車両。 | |
The conductor linked the cars to the locomotive. | |
機関誌は、車両を機関車に連結した。 | |
3. eng. (動力の有無にかかわらず)電車の車両。 | |
From the front-most car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel. | |
地下鉄で最前面の車両から、彼はトンネルを進んでいるところをを撮影しました。 | |
4. eng. エレベーターの箱。 | |
Fix the car of the express elevator - the door is sticking. | |
高速エレベータの修理をお願いします、ドアが動きません。 | |
5. eng. 遊園地におけるアトラクションなどの乗り物。 | |
The child's dream was to ride the front car of the roller-coaster with her hands straight up for the whole ride. | |
その子供の夢は、ローラーコースターの入り番前の車に乗って、その間ずっと、両手をまっすぐにあげていることでした。 |
Translations for car and their definitions
車 | |
1. counter. (n-g-lite, used to count vehicles) | |
2. affix. vehicle | |
韓国%車 - South Korean vehicle | |
3. affix. train car | |
(synonyms, ja, 車両) | |
女性%専用%車 - car for women only | |
4. n. a car, an automobile, a carriage, a cart | |
5. n. a wheel, a caster | |
6. n. something wheel-shaped | |
7. n. a style of 紋 | |
8. n. short for various terms: | |
9. n. (obsolete) during the (Edo period), in the red-light district in w, Ōsaka, a prostitute whose services cost four 匁 and three 分 (possibly in reference to the cost of a carriage ride) |
自動車 | |
1. n. automobile, car, motorcar |
客車 | |
1. n. a passenger train car |
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary
Pronunciation
(jidousha)
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