"電車" meaning in Japanese

See 電車 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [dẽ̞ɰ̃ɕa̠] Audio: Ja-Densha 2.oga Forms: 電車 [canonical] (ruby: 電(でん), 車(しゃ)), densha [romanization], 本 [counter]
Etymology: 電(でん) (den, “electric”) + 車(しゃ) (sha, “vehicle”). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|電|でん|車|しゃ|sort=てんしゃ'|t1=electric|t2=vehicle}} 電(でん) (den, “electric”) + 車(しゃ) (sha, “vehicle”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|でんしゃ|count=本}} 電(でん)車(しゃ) • (densha) (counter 本)
  1. an electric multiple unit train
    Sense id: en-電車-ja-noun-EJHoBcqi Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Rail transportation Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 16 25 1 3 3 23 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 27 1 2 2 24 29 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 60 40 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 46 54 Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 94 6
  2. (informal) any train, regardless of power source Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-電車-ja-noun-Nth0sGpj Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 16 25 1 3 3 23 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 27 1 2 2 24 29 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 42 58 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 電車賃 (denshachin) (ruby: 電(でん), 車(しゃ), 賃(ちん)) (english: train fare, railroad fare), 電車代 (denshadai) (ruby: 電(でん), 車(しゃ), 代(だい)) (english: train fare, railroad fare), 電車運転士 (densha untenshi) (ruby: 電(でん), 車(しゃ), 運(うん), 転(てん), 士(し)) (english: train driver), 満員電車 (man'in densha) (ruby: 満(まん), 員(いん), 電(でん), 車(しゃ)) (english: full-crowded train) Related terms: 列車 (ressha) (ruby: 列車(れっしゃ)) (english: train), 汽車 (kisha) (ruby: 汽車(きしゃ)) (english: steam train) 
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Download raw JSONL data for 電車 meaning in Japanese (3.0kB)

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