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車 (くるま) — car | JLPT N5 · Nihongo Circle

車

くるま

noun

Meanings

1car
2vehicle
3automobile
4wheel
5castor
6caster

Example sentence

新しい車を買いました。

あたらしいくるまをかいました。

I bought a new car.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

車Car7 strokes

More words with 車

～車～しゃ · ~ carN2 車掌しゃしょう · (train) conductorN2 機関車きかんしゃ · locomotiveN2 車輪しゃりん · (car) wheelN2 駐車ちゅうしゃ ·

Full entry on Jisho

parking (e.g., car)

N3

発車はっしゃ · departure of a vehicleN3

駐車場ちゅうしゃじょう · parking lotN4

車庫しゃこ · garageN2

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