乗り物
のりもの · norimono · JLPT N4 · noun
vehicle
🚗🚌 乗り物 = ride (nori) + thing (mono): a thing you ride
乗り comes from the verb 乗る (noru, to ride or board) and 物 (mono) means thing. The same pattern builds 食べ物 (tabemono, eat-thing = food) and 飲み物 (nomimono, drink-thing = beverage).