乗車|じょうしゃjousha[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbboarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
    列車れっしゃに乗車じょうしゃした後あとで、私は財布さいふを家いえに置おき忘わすれてきたことに気きが付ついた。↗
    After I got on board a train, I found I had left my wallet behind at home.
Conjugation
Dictionary form乗車する(じょうしゃする)
Polite (masu)乗車します(じょうしゃします)
Negative (nai)乗車しない(じょうしゃしない)
polite (masen)乗車しません(じょうしゃしません)
classical zu / nu乗車せず・乗車せぬ(じょうしゃせず・じょうしゃせぬ)
Past (ta)乗車した(じょうしゃした)
polite (mashita)乗車しました(じょうしゃしました)
Past negative (nakatta)乗車しなかった(じょうしゃしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)乗車しませんでした(じょうしゃしませんでした)
Te form乗車して(じょうしゃして)
Potential乗車できる(じょうしゃできる)
Passive乗車される(じょうしゃされる)
Causative乗車させる(じょうしゃさせる)
Causative passive乗車させられる(じょうしゃさせられる)
Conditional (ba)乗車すれば(じょうしゃすれば)
tara乗車したら(じょうしゃしたら)
Volitional乗車しよう(じょうしゃしよう)
polite (mashou)乗車しましょう(じょうしゃしましょう)
Imperative乗車しろ(じょうしゃしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym乗り込むのりこむNeutralA verb for boarding a vehicle, or storming in aggressively, as in 「敵地に乗り込む」; stresses the act of entering.
  • Synonym乗るのるNeutralThe everyday word for riding, as in 「電車に乗る」; 「乗車」 is a Sino-Japanese term heard in station announcements and rules.
  • Related搭乗とうじょうNeutralBoarding a plane or ship, as in 「搭乗口」; 「乗車」 is used only for vehicles such as trains and cars.
  • Related乗船じょうせんNeutralBoarding or riding a ship; applies only to boats and ships.
  • Antonym下車げしゃNeutralGetting off a train or bus; the opposite of boarding, as in 「途中下車」.
  • Antonym降車こうしゃWrittenWritten/formal prose for getting off a vehicle; common on buses in 「降車ボタン」; the opposite of 「乗車」.

Use 「乗車」 for boarding trains and cars, as in 「乗車券」 and 「ご乗車ください」. In everyday speech say 「乗る」; for planes use 「搭乗」, for ships 「乗船」. The opposites are 「下車」 and 「降車」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 自動車じどうしゃ・電車でんしゃに乗のること。
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