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.
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.
ショッピングカートに商品を入れる。
Put items in the shopping cart.
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 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.
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.
Click the 'Add to Cart' button.
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.
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.
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.