輛りょう

counter

counter for vehicles; counter for train cars

Rare, traditional counter for vehicles, especially railway carriages. In modern Japanese, 両 is the standard counter for the same purpose. This form may appear in older texts or formal contexts.

See also: 両 (りょう)

• この列れっ車しゃは十じゅう輛りょう編へん成せいです。

  This train is made up of ten cars.

• 古ふるい文ぶん書しょでは、荷に車ぐるまを三さん輛りょうと数かぞえる例れいがある。

  In old documents, there are examples of counting carts as 三輛.