市電|しでんshiden[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounmunicipal railway; city streetcar; tram
   その市しは市電しでんを廃止はいしすることを決きめた。↗

   The city has decided to do away with the streetcar.

• Synonym路面電車ろめんでんしゃNeutralTrams running on tracks laid in streets; the standard general term, used whoever operates the line, while 「市電」 is a shortened word for urban or city-run trams.
• Synonym市街電車しがいでんしゃNeutralStreetcars running through urban areas; a written-style word — nowadays people usually say 「路面電車」 instead.
• Related都電とでんNeutralTrams run by a metropolitan government such as Tokyo's, e.g. 「都電荒川線」; 「市電」 covers city-operated or urban trams, so the two differ by operating body.

For trams in general, 「路面電車」 is the usual word. 「市電」 is short for 「市街電車」 and also covers city-operated trams like 「函館市電」; Tokyo's metropolitan trams are called 「都電」.

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1. 市街しがい電車でんしゃの略りゃく。市街地しがいちを走はしる路面電車ろめんでんしゃ。
2. 市営しえい電車でんしゃの略りゃく。地方自治体ちほうじちたいである市しが経営けいえいしている鉄道てつどう。