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ケーブルカー (keeburukaa) Japanese meaning: cable car | Kotomora

ケーブルカー

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

cable car; funicular; cable railway

Refers to a vehicle or railway system pulled by a moving cable, typically on steep slopes or for sightseeing.

箱はこ根ねのケーブルカーに乗のって山やまの上

うえ

まで

行い

っ

た

。

I took the Hakone cable car up the mountain.

このケーブルカーは急きゅうな坂さかを登のぼるのに便べん利りだ。

This funicular is convenient for climbing steep slopes.

Related words

ケーブル
ケーブルカー is the full, unambiguous term for a cable car, while ケーブル is a casual abbreviation used when the context is clear.

Don't confuse with

モノレールN2
モノレール runs on a single elevated rail under its own power, while ケーブルカー is pulled up a slope by a cable, so the two are easily mixed up by learners describing hillside transit.
ロープウェイ
ロープウェイ is a suspended aerial cable car, while ケーブルカー usually refers to a funicular railway that runs on tracks up a slope.

Built from

ケーブル+カー

Written forms

ケーブル・カー
- ケーブルカー
  Explicitly separated spelling, rarely used in practice.
- ケーブル・カー

Etymology

Loanword from English 'cable car'.