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貨車 (かしゃ, kasha) Japanese meaning: freight car | Kotomora

貨か車しゃ

か

しゃ

Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

freight car; goods wagon

Railway term for a car designed to carry freight, as opposed to a passenger car (客車).

See also: 客車

貨か車しゃが駅えきの側そく線せんに停

と

まっ

て

いる

。

A freight car is stopped on the station siding.

この路ろ線せんでは、夜や間かんに貨か車しゃが多おおく運うん行こうされる。

On this line, many freight cars run at night.

Usage patterns

貨か車しゃに〈物もの〉を積つむto load something onto a freight car
石せき炭たんを貨か車しゃに積つんだ。
They loaded coal onto the freight car.
貨か車しゃで〈物もの〉を運はこぶto transport something by freight car
木もく材ざいを貨か車しゃで運はこんだ。
The lumber was transported by freight car.

Kanji

貨freight, goods, property
車car

Related words

客きゃく車しゃ
客車 is a passenger car, while 貨車 is a freight car.

Opposites

客きゃく車しゃN1
貨車 carries freight while 客車 carries passengers, making them opposite types of railway cars.

Counted with

両りょうN2
For railway cars and carriages (8両編成 = eight-car train).
車しゃ
Counts carloads and wagonloads of freight.
輛りょう
For railway cars (old-style kanji; now usually written 両).

Word family

有ゆう蓋がい貨か車しゃ
boxcar; covered freight car
無む蓋がい貨か車しゃ
open freight car; gondola car
貨か車しゃ渡わたし
free on rail; FOR
平ひら台だい型がた貨

Etymology

Compound of 貨 (freight, goods) and 車 (vehicle, car).

か

車しゃ

flatcar