車しゃ両りょう

しゃ

りょ

う

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun

vehicle; car; railway car; rolling stock

Broad term for wheeled vehicles, especially in legal, technical, or railway contexts. Covers automobiles, train cars, and rolling stock.

この駐ちゅう車しゃ場じょうは大おお型がた車しゃ両りょうも停とめられます。
This parking lot can accommodate large vehicles as well.
事じ

故こ

で

車しゃ

両りょう

が

大おお

きく

損そん

傷しょう

し

た

。

The vehicle was heavily damaged in the accident.

鉄てつ道どう車しゃ両りょうの製せい造ぞうには高こう度どな技ぎ術じゅつが必ひつ要ようだ。

Manufacturing railway rolling stock requires advanced technology.

Written forms

車しゃ両りょうUsage85%
Standard modern spelling; used in official and everyday contexts.
車しゃ輌りょうUsage12%
Variant kanji form; 輌 is a traditional character for 両, still seen in some proper nouns and older documents.
車しゃ輛りょうUsage2%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 輛 is the kyūjitai of 両, mostly historical.

Kanji

車car
両both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train)
輌numerary adjunct for vehicles
輛counter for large vehicles

Similar words

自じ動どう車しゃ
Specifically a motor vehicle (automobile); 車両 is a broader term that includes railway cars and other wheeled vehicles.
電でん車しゃ
Refers to an electric train as a means of transport; 車両 focuses on the individual car or vehicle unit.

Etymology

Compound of 車 (sha, 'wheeled vehicle') and 両 (ryō, 'both' or 'pair'), originally referring to a pair of wheels or a cart. The modern meaning extends to any wheeled vehicle or railway car.