自じ転てん車しゃ

also: じでんしゃ

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

1

Standard word for a pedal-driven two-wheeled vehicle.

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I commute to school by bicycle every day.

新あたらしい自じ転てん車しゃを買かった。

I bought a new bicycle.

自じ転てん車しゃに乗のるto ride a bicycle
毎まい日にち自じ転てん車しゃに乗のって学がっ校こうへ行いきます。
I ride my bicycle to school every day.
自じ転てん車しゃで〈場ば所しょ〉へ行いくto go to a place by bicycle
駅えきまで自じ転てん車しゃで行いきます。
I go to the station by bicycle.
自じ転てん車しゃを止とめるto park a bicycle
コンビニの前まえに自じ転てん車しゃを止とめた。
I parked my bicycle in front of the convenience store.
自じ転てん車しゃから降おりるto get off a bicycle
信しん号ごうで自じ転てん車しゃから降おりた。
I got off my bicycle at the traffic light.
自じ転てん車しゃが壊こわれるfor a bicycle to break down
自じ転てん車しゃが壊こわれて修しゅう理りに出だした。
My bicycle broke down, so I took it in for repairs.

二に輪りん車しゃ
自転車 specifically means bicycle, while 二輪車 is the broader legal/technical category that also includes motorcycles and scooters.
チャリ
自転車 is the neutral, standard word for bicycle used in writing and formal speech, whereas チャリ is a casual spoken slang term.

バイクN5
自転車 is a pedal-powered bicycle, while バイク usually means a motor-powered motorcycle or moped.
サイクリング
自転車 refers to the bicycle itself as an object, while サイクリング refers to the activity of riding one.
自じ動どう車しゃN5
自動車 means a motorized car, while 自転車 means a bicycle; the similar kanji and sound often trip up learners.
車くるまN5
自転車 means 'bicycle' and shares the kanji 車, but it is a distinct vehicle from 車, which usually refers to a motor car.

台だいN4
stand; base; platform; table; rack · setting (of a gem); mounting · stock (in grafting) · counter for machines and vehicles · level; mark; range; decade (of one's life) · tall building (with a fine view); observation platform · plateau; heights

自転車
- じてんしゃ
  Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
- じでんしゃ
  irregular kana usage
じでんしゃ
irregular kana usage
Irregular kana usage; it is such. Not standard.

Compound of 自 (self) + 転 (revolve) + 車 (vehicle). Coined in the Meiji period as a translation of 'bicycle'.

自じ転てん車しゃ操そう業ぎょう

barely keeping a business going; hand-to-mouth operation

bicycle trip; cycling tour

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