電車

でんしゃ

Electric train, train

N5noun·densha

How to remember it

電 (electric) + 車 (car) = an electric car, i.e. a train.

Example sentences

  • 電車で学校に行きます。

    でんしゃでがっこうにいきます。

    I go to school by train.

  • 次の電車はすぐ来ます。

    つぎのでんしゃはすぐきます。

    The next train will come soon.

Usage

The everyday default word for "train" in modern Japanese.

Related words

電気乗る

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