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軽自動車 (けいじどうしゃ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

軽けい自じ動どう車しゃ

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Meanings

1

kei car; light motor vehicle

A category of small Japanese vehicles with engine displacement up to 660cc and power up to 64bhp. Commonly called 'kei car' or 'k-car' in English.

See also: 軽カー

日本にほんでは軽けい自じ動どう車しゃが

人にん

気き

です

。

Kei cars are popular in Japan.

軽けい自じ動どう車しゃは税ぜい金きんが安やすい。

Kei cars have low taxes.

Usage patterns

軽けい自じ動どう車しゃを運うん転てんするto drive a kei car
毎まい日にちこの軽けい自じ動どう車しゃを運うん転てんして通つう勤きんしています。
I drive this kei car to work every day.
軽けい自じ動どう車しゃを購こう入にゅうするto purchase a kei car
維い持じ費ひが安やすいので軽けい自じ動どう車しゃを購こう入にゅうした。
I bought a kei car because it's cheap to maintain.

Kanji

軽lightly, trifling, unimportant
自oneself
動move, motion, change
車car

Related words

軽けいカー
軽カー is a casual, spoken abbreviation of 軽自動車, used in everyday conversation rather than formal or official contexts.
軽けいN2
軽 is the everyday spoken abbreviation for 軽自動車, the official term for Japan's small-engine vehicle category.

Opposites

普ふ通つう車しゃ
軽自動車 refers to the small, low-displacement vehicle category, while 普通車 refers to standard-size passenger cars outside that category.

Don't confuse with

リッターカー
軽自動車 refers to Japan's legally defined 'kei car' class (engine ≤660cc), while リッターカー loosely means a car with roughly a 1000cc engine, a different displacement bracket.

Counted with

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

Word family

軽けい自じ動どう車しゃ税ぜい
light vehicle tax

Built from

軽けい+自じ動どう車しゃ

Etymology

Compound of 軽 (kei, 'light') + 自動車 (jidōsha, 'automobile').