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.
The most common word for a shopping cart. A loanword from English.
カートを押して店内を回った。
I pushed the cart around the store.
Explicitly 'shopping cart'. Slightly more formal or descriptive.
ショッピングカートに商品を入れる。
Put items in the shopping cart.
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.
台車で荷物を運ぶ。
Transport luggage with a handcart.
Loanword for 'hand cart'. Often used for smaller, foldable carts.
ハンドカートを引いて買い物に行く。
Go shopping pulling a handcart.
Specifically a small folding cart for personal shopping, often used by elderly people.
祖母はキャリーカートを愛用している。
My grandmother loves using her personal shopping cart.
A two-wheeled or four-wheeled vehicle pulled by animals, used historically or in rural areas.
A cart for carrying loads, often horse- or ox-drawn. Can be two-wheeled.
昔は荷車で野菜を市場に運んだ。
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.
観光地で馬車に乗った。
I rode a horse-drawn cart at the tourist spot.
The virtual cart where items are stored before purchase on a website.
Same as physical shopping cart, used for online shopping. Very common.
カートに入れるボタンを押す。
Click the 'Add to Cart' button.
A small motorized vehicle used on golf courses.
Standard term for a golf cart.
ゴルフカートでコースを回る。
Go around the course in a golf cart.
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.
機内でワゴンが通った。
The serving cart came through the cabin.
More specific term for a service trolley, but less common than ワゴン.
サービストロリーを押して客席を回る。
Push the service trolley around the passenger seats.
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.
A traditional Japanese two-wheeled cart pulled by a person or horse, used in the Edo period.
時代劇で大八車を見た。
I saw a traditional cart in a period drama.
Also used for online carts, but slightly less common than カート alone.
ショッピングカートの中身を確認する。
Check the contents of the shopping cart.