Translation guide
The English word 'cart' refers to various wheeled vehicles or containers, from shopping carts to horse-drawn carts. In Japanese, the translation depends heavily on the type and context.
A wheeled basket used in supermarkets or stores.
A small wheeled platform or cart pushed by hand for moving goods.
A general term for a hand-pushed cart, platform truck, or dolly used in warehouses, factories, etc.
A two-wheeled or four-wheeled vehicle pulled by animals, used historically or in rural areas.
The virtual cart where items are stored before purchase on a website.
Same as physical shopping cart, used for online shopping. Very common.
A small motorized vehicle used on golf courses.
A small wheeled table used to serve food or drinks, e.g., in a restaurant or airplane.
Loanword from 'wagon', commonly used for serving carts in restaurants, hotels, or airplanes.
カート mainly refers to shopping carts or online carts. For hand-pushed platform carts, use 台車. For animal-drawn carts, use 荷車 or 馬車.
Explicitly 'shopping cart'. Slightly more formal or descriptive.
Put items in the shopping cart.
Transport luggage with a handcart.
Loanword for 'hand cart'. Often used for smaller, foldable carts.
Go shopping pulling a handcart.
Specifically a small folding cart for personal shopping, often used by elderly people.
My grandmother loves using her personal shopping cart.
A cart for carrying loads, often horse- or ox-drawn. Can be two-wheeled.
In the old days, they carried vegetables to the market by cart.
Specifically a horse-drawn carriage or wagon. Often implies passenger use, but can be for cargo.
I rode a horse-drawn cart at the tourist spot.
A traditional Japanese two-wheeled cart pulled by a person or horse, used in the Edo period.
I saw a traditional cart in a period drama.
Click the 'Add to Cart' button.
Also used for online carts, but slightly less common than カート alone.
Check the contents of the shopping cart.
Standard term for a golf cart.
Go around the course in a golf cart.
The serving cart came through the cabin.
More specific term for a service trolley, but less common than ワゴン.
Push the service trolley around the passenger seats.