機き関かん車しゃ

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Meanings

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locomotive; engine

Refers specifically to the powered railway vehicle that pulls a train, not a general engine.

この機き関かん車しゃは電でん気きで動うごく。

This locomotive runs on electricity.

機き関かん車しゃが〈物もの〉を引ひくfor a locomotive to pull (the cars/train)
機き関かん車しゃが長ながい貨か車しゃを引ひいている。
The locomotive is pulling a long line of freight cars.
機き関かん車しゃを運うん転てんするto operate/drive a locomotive
父ちちは昔むかし、蒸じょう気き機き関かん車しゃを運うん転てんしていた。
My father used to drive steam locomotives in the old days.

汽き車しゃN4
汽車 means a train in general (historically a steam train), while 機関車 refers specifically to the engine unit that pulls the train.
電でん車しゃN5
電車 is an electric train made of self-propelled cars, whereas 機関車 is the separate locomotive that hauls unpowered cars.

Compound of 機関 (engine, mechanism) and 車 (vehicle, car). The term was coined in the Meiji period to translate 'locomotive'.

電でん気き機き関かん車しゃ

electric locomotive

diesel locomotive