How to say "trolley" in Japanese

• 台車だいしゃCommon
  nounThe common word for a wheeled cart such as a platform truck, hand truck, or dolly; use it when 'trolley' means a cart for moving loads.
• トロッコ
  nounA small rail car, especially the kind used in mines or logging; pick it when 'trolley' refers to such a cart running on rails, not to an ordinary hand cart.
• トロリー
  nounThe English loanword, meaning simply 'trolley'; it is less common, and for a cart, rail car, stretcher, or streetcar the corresponding specific word is normally the better choice.
• ストレッチャー
  nounA wheeled stretcher or gurney for transporting a patient; use it when 'trolley' has its British hospital sense, as in a patient being moved on a trolley.
  松葉杖まつばづえってけっこうムズいな・・・。「すみません、ストレッチャー通とおります！」↗

  Crutches are pretty tricky ... "Excuse me, stretcher coming through!"
• 路面電車ろめんでんしゃ
  nounA tram or streetcar running on urban street rails; this corresponds to the American use of 'trolley' for an electric streetcar, not to any wheeled cart.
  路面電車ろめんでんしゃは今いまでは確たしかに時代遅じだいおくれかもしれない。↗

  The streetcar is now certainly out of date.

Choose 台車 for a wheeled cart, 「トロッコ」 for a small rail car, 「ストレッチャー」 for a hospital gurney, 路面電車 for a streetcar; 「トロリー」 is simply the borrowed English word.

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• 台車だいしゃplatform truck
• トロッコrail car (esp. a small one used in mines, logging, etc.)
• トロリーtrolley
• ストレッチャー(wheeled) stretcher
• 路面電車ろめんでんしゃtram
• チンチン電車ちんちんでんしゃtram
• ショッピングカートshopping cart
• キャリアhand truck