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ＭＴ車 (エムティーしゃ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ＭＴ車えむてぃーしゃ

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しゃ

Meanings

1

manual transmission car; stick shift car

Common abbreviation in Japanese automotive contexts; contrasts with ＡＴ車 (automatic transmission car).

彼かれはＭＴ車えむてぃーしゃの運うん転てんが好すきだ。
He likes driving a manual transmission car.

Kanji

車car

Related words

ＡＴ車えーてぃーしゃ
Automatic transmission car; the direct counterpart to ＭＴ車.
マニュアル車しゃ
Synonym for manual transmission car; slightly more formal or explanatory than ＭＴ車.

Etymology

Abbreviation of マニュアル・トランスミッション車 (manual transmission car), using the English initialism MT.

日本にほんではまだＭＴ車えむてぃーしゃの人にん気きが根ね強づよい。

In Japan, manual transmission cars are still quite popular.