車

車	Meanings: car, vehicle On Readings: シャ sha Kun Readings: くるま kuruma Most Used Pronunciation: kuruma JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 車 Stroke Number: 7

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Common jukugo
電車 - でん　しゃ den sha - train (electric)
車 - くるま kuruma - car, automobile
自転車 - じ　てん　しゃ ji ten sha - bicycle, bike
駐車場 - ちゅう　しゃ　じょう chuu sha jou - parking lot, parking garage
快速電車 - かい　そく　でん　しゃ - Express Train
歯車 - は　ぐるま ha guruma - cog, toothed wheel
洗車 - せんしゃ sen sha - car wash

Useful Examples
Japanese: 新しい車を買いたい。
Romaji: atarashii kuruma o kaitai.
English: I want to buy a new car.

Japanese: いつも駐車場が込んでいます。
Romaji: itsumo chuushajou ga kondeimasu
Literal: always--parking lot-(subject)-busy
English: (This) parking lot is always full.

Japanese: もう新車を買う方がいいよ。
Romaji: mou shinsha o kau hou ga ii yo.
English: You should get you a new car now.

Japanese: 全員その車に乗った。
Romaji: zen'in sono kuruma ni notta.
English: All of us got in the car.

Japanese: この間、気づいたらサイドブレーキ上げっぱなしで運転してた。自分でも、よく車動いてたと思うけど。
Romaji: kono aida, kidu itara saidobure-ki ageppanashi de unten shiteta. jibun de mo, yoku kuruma ugoiteta to omou kedo.
English: The other day I noticed I was driving around with the parking brake on. It's a wonder the car could even move.

Japanese: ＴＧＶは世界の他のどの列車よりも速く走る。
Romaji: TGV wa sekai no hoka no dono ressha yori mo hayaku hashiru.
English: The TGV goes faster than any other train in the world.

Japanese: 時々列車は定時に着かない事がある。
Romaji: tokidoki ressha wa teiji ni tsukanai koto ga aru.
English: At times the train doesn't arrive on time.

Japanese: しばらく車を運転していないと、アクセルとブレーキがごっちゃになることない？
Romaji: shibaraku kuruma o unten shite inai to, akuseru to bure-ki ga goccha ni naru kot onai ?
English: Have you ever got in your car after a long absence and got the brake mixed up with the accelerator?

Japanese: その列車はすでに出発してしまった。
Romaji: sono ressha wa sude ni shuppatsu shite shimatta.
English: The train has already left.

Japanese: この電車は中野より先は各駅に停車する。
Romaji: kono densha wa nakano yori saki wa kakueki ni teisha suru.
English: This train stops at every station from Nakano on.

Japanese: この車の価格はとても高い。
Romaji: kono kuruma no kakaku wa totemo takai.
English: The price of this car is very high.

Japanese: 日本は今年、かつてないほど大量の車を生産した。
Romaji: nihon wa kotoshi, katsutenai hodo tairyou no kuruma o seisan shita.
English: Japan has produced more cars than ever this year.

Look alike kanji
運 , 重

Notes/Mnemonic
Using your imagination (to the limits of your ability), you may see a car with 4 wheels

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.