交通費|こうつうひkoutsuuhi

1. nountraveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare
   私わたしたちの毎月まいつきの収入しゅうにゅうは、食料しょくりょう、部屋代へやだい、衣料いりょう、交通費こうつうひなどをカバーできなければならない。↗

   Our monthly income has to cover food, rent, clothing, transportation, and so on.

• Synonym車馬賃しゃばちんWrittenA dated word for the fare paid to ride trains, buses, taxis and the like; in modern Japanese 「交通費」 is the usual term.
• Related運賃うんちんNeutralThe fare or freight charge for a single ride or shipment; it zeroes in on the per-trip price, while 「交通費」 is the umbrella term for all the costs of getting around.
• Related車代くるまだいNeutralTypically 「お車代」: travel money given to guests to cover their trip. It can also mean the cost of buying and maintaining a car, which 「交通費」 does not mean.

Use 「交通費」 for travel costs in general, as in 「交通費支給」. For the price of a single ride or shipment say 「運賃」; money given to guests to cover travel is 「お車代」. 「車馬賃」 is old-fashioned.

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1. ある場所ばしょへ移動いどうするためにかかる交通機関こうつうきかん（鉄道てつどう、バス、航空機こうくうき、船舶せんぱくなど）の運賃うんちんなどの費用ひよう。