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旅客列車 (りょかくれっしゃ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

旅りょ客かく列れっ車しゃ

also: りょきゃくれっしゃ

Meanings

1

noun

passenger train

A train that carries passengers, as opposed to freight trains. Used in formal and technical contexts.

この路ろ線せんでは旅りょ客かく列れっ車しゃが1時じ間かんに2本ほん運うん行こうされています。
On this line, passenger trains run twice an hour.
貨か物もつ列れっ車しゃと旅りょ客かく列れっ車しゃが同おなじ線せん路ろを走はしっています。
Freight trains and passenger trains run on the same tracks.

Written forms

旅客列車
- りょかくれっしゃ
  Standard kanji spelling.
- りょきゃくれっしゃ
  Alternate reading; less common but still encountered.
りょきゃくれっしゃ

Kanji

旅trip, travel
客

guest, visitor, customer

列file, row, rank

車car

Similar words

貨か物もつ列れっ車しゃ
Freight train; contrasts with 旅客列車 which carries passengers.
電でん車しゃ
Electric train; a more general term for trains, often used for commuter or urban trains, while 旅客列車 is a formal term for any passenger-carrying train.

Etymology

Compound of 旅客 (passenger) and 列車 (train).