車 (くるま, kuruma) Japanese meaning: car

車 (くるま, kuruma) Japanese meaning: car | Kotomora

Kanji

自じ動どう車しゃN5sense 1
自動車 is the formal, technical word for 'automobile' used in official or written contexts, while 車 is the everyday, casual word for 'car'.
カーN3
車 is the ordinary, everyday word for a car used in normal conversation, while カー is a katakana term more common in compounds, advertising, and product names.
スポーツカーN1
車 is the general word for 'car' of any kind, while スポーツカー refers specifically to a low, high-performance sports model.
乗じょう用よう車しゃN1
車 is the everyday, casual word for any car or vehicle, while 乗用車 is a more formal, technical term specifically for passenger cars.

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ジープ
車 is the general word for any car or vehicle, while ジープ specifically refers to a rugged four-wheel-drive vehicle.
乗のり物ものN4
車 specifically means a car or wheeled vehicle, while 乗り物 is the broader term covering any means of transport.

車しゃ輪りんN2sense 2
車輪 specifically means the mechanical 'wheel' of a vehicle, while 車 only takes on this narrower 'wheel' sense in certain compounds and otherwise means 'car'.
自じ転てん車しゃN5sense 1
自転車 means 'bicycle' and shares the kanji 車, but it is a distinct vehicle from 車, which usually refers to a motor car.

台だいN4
stand; base; platform; table; rack · setting (of a gem); mounting · stock (in grafting) · counter for machines and vehicles · level; mark; range; decade (of one's life) · tall building (with a fine view); observation platform · plateau; heights

車くるま椅い子すN1
wheelchair
歯は車ぐるまN2
gear; cogwheel · cog in a machine; small part of a system
肩かた車ぐるま
shoulder ride; carrying someone on one's shoulders · shoulder wheel (judo)
口くち車ぐるま
cajolery; wheedling; smooth talk

車くるまUsage91%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word.
クルマUsage9%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling often used in advertising, product names, or for stylistic emphasis.

Native Japanese word. The kanji 車 is a pictograph of a wheeled vehicle and has been used for 'vehicle' or 'wheel' since ancient times.