How to say "ambulance" in Japanese

• 救急車きゅうきゅうしゃCommon
  nounCovers the ordinary sense of 'ambulance': the emergency vehicle that takes sick or injured people to hospital. This is the common word you want in everyday contexts.
  時ときを移うつさず救急車きゅうきゅうしゃがやってきた。↗

  An ambulance arrived immediately.
• 救急自動車きゅうきゅうじどうしゃ
  nounAlso means 'ambulance', the emergency vehicle. It is less common than 救急車 and has an official, technical flavor, so it is seldom the word you want in everyday speech.
• アンビュランス
  nounA loanword meaning 'ambulance'. It is less common and largely redundant with 救急車, so it is generally not the word you want; 救急車 is the natural choice.

Use 救急車 for the everyday word 'ambulance'; the other two mean the same vehicle but are less common, so 救急車 is almost always the word you want.

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• 救急車きゅうきゅうしゃambulance
• 救急自動車きゅうきゅうじどうしゃambulance
• アンビュランスambulance