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汽車 (きしゃ, kisha) Japanese meaning: train | Kotomora
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I traveled to Hokkaido by train.
Only a few trains stop at this station each day.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 行ゆ きの 汽き 車しゃ に 乗の る to board a train bound for (a place)
I boarded the train bound for Tokyo.
汽き 車しゃ で 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 行い く to go somewhere by train
I went to my family's home in the countryside by train.
汽き 車しゃ が 走はし る for a train to run (along a track)
A train was running through the mountains.
汽き 車しゃ の 汽き 笛てき a train's steam whistle
I heard a train whistle in the distance.
Related words 電車 refers to the common electric trains used for local and commuter travel, while 汽車 traditionally implies a longer-distance or older-style (often steam-powered) train.
蒸気機関車 is the precise technical term for a steam locomotive, while 汽車 is the everyday, slightly old-fashioned word that can mean the same thing.
列車 is the neutral, formal word for a train as a scheduled service, whereas 汽車 is more colloquial and often carries a nostalgic or long-distance nuance.
Don't confuse with 汽車 and 汽船 share the kanji 汽 and sound similar, but 汽車 means a train while 汽船 means a steamship.
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.
記者 (reporter) and 汽車 (steam train) are pronounced identically but are completely unrelated in meaning, so context alone tells them apart.
Written forms 汽き 車しゃ Usage 98%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
きしゃ Usage 2%
滊き 車しゃ Usage <1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not used in modern writing.
Etymology Combination of 汽 (steam) and 車 (vehicle), originally referring to steam-powered trains. The meaning broadened to include trains in general.
