救急車(きゅうきゅうしゃ)

きゅうきゅうしゃ
noun
ambulance
1. ambulance
An emergency vehicle equipped to transport sick or injured people to a hospital and provide medical care during transport.
救急車(きゅうきゅうしゃ)を呼(よ)んでください。
Please call an ambulance.
救急車(きゅうきゅうしゃ)のサイレンが聞(き)こえる。
I can hear an ambulance siren.
祖父(そふ)は救急車(きゅうきゅうしゃ)で病院(びょういん)に運(はこ)ばれた。
My grandfather was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

救急車(きゅうきゅうしゃ) is composed of 救急(きゅうきゅう) (emergency, first aid) + 車(しゃ) (vehicle). It refers specifically to an ambulance.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 救急車(きゅうきゅうしゃ)を呼(よ)ぶ: to call an ambulance
  • 救急車(きゅうきゅうしゃ)で運(はこ)ばれる: to be transported by ambulance
  • 救急車(きゅうきゅうしゃ)が来(く)る: an ambulance arrives
  • 救急車(きゅうきゅうしゃ)を手配(てはい)する: to arrange an ambulance

IN JAPAN:
Dial 119 for ambulance and fire emergencies. Ambulance service is free in Japan, though this has led to debates about misuse for non-emergencies.

RELATED TERMS:

  • 救急(きゅうきゅう): emergency, first aid
  • 救急隊員(きゅうきゅうたいいん): paramedic
  • 救急病院(きゅうきゅうびょういん): emergency hospital
  • 消防車(しょうぼうしゃ): fire truck (also reached via 119)

Related Words

Related: 消防車(しょうぼうしゃ) (fire truck)
Related: パトカー (police car)
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Added 2026.1.16 11:32 · Revised 2026.4.13 12:56
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