乗車

じょうしゃ · jousha · JLPT N2 · noun

train

乗車 — train

🚆 乗 = ride/board + 車 = vehicle: boarding a vehicle, i.e. taking a train

乗 means to ride or board, and 車 means vehicle. Together they name the act of getting on a train. The 車 also appears in 電車 (densha), the electric train.

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