台車|だいしゃdaisha[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounplatform truck; hand truck; trolley; dolly; cart
  2. noun, railwaytruck; bogie
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym手押し車ておしぐるまNeutralCovers any cart pushed by hand, including wheelbarrows and baby walkers; 「台車」 is narrower, a flat platform truck or a railway bogie.
  • SynonymハンドカートNeutralLoanword for a small hand cart; often used as a product name rather than a general term.
  • SynonymプッシュカートNeutralLoanword for any small wheeled cart pushed by hand; close to the cargo sense of 「台車」 but less common.
  • Related手車てぐるまNeutralA hand-pushed one-wheeled cart (wheelbarrow), also a private rickshaw; an old-fashioned term.

Use 「台車」 for a flat platform truck on small wheels or a railway bogie, as in 「台車で荷物を運ぶ」; for hand carts in general say 「手押し車」, and 「ハンドカート」 is common as a product name.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 荷物にもつを載のせる台だいに小ちいさな車輪しゃりんを付つけた運搬うんぱん用よう具ぐ。
  2. (鉄道てつどう)鉄道車両てつどうしゃりょうの車体しゃたいの重量じゅうりょうをレールの上うえに支ささえる走行そうこう装置そうち。車軸しゃじく・車輪しゃりん、その他たからなる。動力どうりょくを持もつものもある。
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