1.
cart; handcart; wagon
A wheeled vehicle used for transporting goods, typically pulled by hand or by an animal.
荷車を引く。
To pull a cart.
牛が荷車を引いて道を進んだ。
An ox pulled a cart along the road.
昔の農家は荷車に野菜を積んで市場まで運んでいた。
In the old days, farmers loaded vegetables onto carts and transported them to the market.
荷車 is a compound of 荷 (load, cargo) and 車 (vehicle, wheel). It refers to a simple wheeled vehicle for hauling goods.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 荷車を引く (pull a cart)
- 荷車に積む (load onto a cart)
- 荷車を押す (push a cart)
The word evokes a traditional or historical setting, as modern transportation has largely replaced carts. It appears frequently in historical fiction and descriptions of rural life.