台車|だいしゃdaisha[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- nounplatform truck; hand truck; trolley; dolly; cart
- 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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