How to say "elevator" in Japanese

• エレベーターJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounThe normal word for an elevator or lift: the machine that carries people or goods between the floors of a building. This is what you want in virtually every context, from department stores to apartment buildings.
  エレベーターの中なかでのタバコはご遠慮えんりょ下ください。↗

  You may not smoke in an elevator.
• 蔵くらJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThis word means a warehouse, storehouse, or cellar, and it is not a way to say 'elevator'; its appearance here reflects a gloss mismatch. For the lifting machine, エレベーター is the word to use.

Use 「エレベーター」 for the lifting machine that carries people between floors; 蔵 is not an elevator at all — it means a storehouse or cellar, so it only appears under 'elevator' by dictionary error.

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• エレベーターelevator
• 蔵くらwarehouse
• 昇降機しょうこうきelevator
• 昇降舵しょうこうだelevator
• ＥＬＶイー・エル・ブイelevator
• ＥＶイー・ブイelevator
• リフターelevator