suffix
car; vehicle; van; truck; wagon; lorry
Suffix attached to nouns to form words for types of vehicles, especially road vehicles. Very productive in modern Japanese.
電気自動車は環境に優しい。
Electric cars are environmentally friendly.
救急車がサイレンを鳴らして走っている。
An ambulance is running with its siren on.
suffix, counter
Suffix used for railway cars or carriages. Also functions as a counter for such vehicles.
この列車は八両編成で、最後尾の車はグリーン車です。
This train has eight cars, and the last car is a first-class car.
貨車が十車連結されている。
Ten freight cars are coupled together.
From Chinese 車 (chē), meaning 'cart' or 'vehicle'. Used as a suffix in Japanese to form vehicle-related nouns.