How to say "wagon" in Japanese

Choosing the right word

ワゴンCommon
nounThe loanword for the wheeled vehicle: a small four-wheeled cart or trolley, as used to serve food and drinks, and the station-wagon type of car. It is not the word for a horse-drawn vehicle.
彼かれのワゴンがマーケットの入り口いりぐちで止とまった。↗
His wagon drew up at the entrance to the market.
馬車ばしゃCommon
nounThe word for a wagon drawn by horses: a coach or carriage. Its 'wagon' and 'cart' senses refer to this horse-drawn vehicle, so it is the choice whenever horses are pulling.
自動車じどうしゃが馬車ばしゃに取とって変かわった。↗
Automobiles replaced carriages.

Choose 「ワゴン」 for the wheeled vehicle — a serving trolley or the station-wagon type of car — and 馬車 for a wagon in the horse-drawn sense, a coach or carriage pulled by horses.

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Japanese equivalents

ワゴンwagon
馬車ばしゃcoach (horse-drawn)
和琴わごんwagon
東琴あずまごとwagon
荷車にぐるまcart
荷馬車にばしゃ(horse-drawn) cart
大和琴やまとごとyamatogoto
車しゃcar
東あずまwagon

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