カーkaa

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nouncar
    あいつはカーマニアだから、車くるまのことならなんでも知しってるよ。↗
    He's a car nut. Ask him anything.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related列車れっしゃNeutralA train running on rails — a different kind of vehicle from the automobiles 「カー」 points to.
  • Related貨車かしゃNeutralA railway freight car. 「カー」 is mostly used in compounds for automobiles, e.g. 「マイカー」.
  • Related鉄道車両てつどうしゃりょうWrittenAn umbrella term for railway vehicles, used in written/formal prose and technical contexts; 「カー」 mostly refers to automobiles.

「カー」 mostly appears in compounds for automobiles, as in 「マイカー」 and 「レンタカー」. For trains say 「列車」, for freight cars 「貨車」; 「鉄道車両」 is the formal, technical term for railway vehicles.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 語ごの前後ぜんごについて車くるま・自動車じどうしゃを表あらわす。
English equivalents

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