車両(しゃりょう)

しゃりょう
noun
vehicle; train car; rolling stock
1. vehicle
A wheeled conveyance, especially in formal or technical contexts.
駐車(ちゅうしゃ)禁止(きんし)区域(くいき)に車両(しゃりょう)を停(と)めないでください。
Please don't park vehicles in the no-parking zone.
緊急(きんきゅう)車両(しゃりょう)が通(とお)ります。
An emergency vehicle is coming through.
この道(みち)は車両(しゃりょう)通行(つうこう)禁止(きんし)です。
This road is closed to vehicles.
2. train car; railway carriage
An individual car of a train.
女性(じょせい)専用(せんよう)車両(しゃりょう)に乗(の)る。
To ride in the women-only car.
この電車(でんしゃ)は10両(りょう)編成(へんせい)だ。
This train has 10 cars.
先頭(せんとう)車両(しゃりょう)に乗(の)ってください。
Please ride in the front car.

車両(しゃりょう) is a formal or technical term for vehicles. In everyday speech, 車(くるま) is used for cars and 電車(でんしゃ) for trains, while 車両(しゃりょう) appears in official signs, regulations, and announcements.

TRAIN USAGE:

ROAD/REGULATION USAGE:

COUNTER: Individual train cars are counted with 両(りょう).

Related Words

Synonym: 車(くるま) (car (everyday term))
Related: 電車(でんしゃ) (train)
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Added 2026.1.16 14:20 · Revised 2026.6.6 1:10
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