荷車(にぐるま)

にぐるま
noun
cart; handcart
transportation
1. cart; handcart; wagon
A wheeled vehicle used for transporting goods, typically pulled by hand or by an animal.
荷車(にぐるま)を引(ひ)く。
To pull a cart.
牛(うし)が荷車(にぐるま)を引(ひ)いて道(みち)を進(すす)んだ。
An ox pulled a cart along the road.
昔(むかし)の農家(のうか)は荷車(にぐるま)に野菜(やさい)を積(つ)んで市場(いちば)まで運(はこ)んでいた。
In the old days, farmers loaded vegetables onto carts and transported them to the market.

荷車(にぐるま) is a compound of 荷(に) (load, cargo) and 車(くるま) (vehicle, wheel). It refers to a simple wheeled vehicle for hauling goods.

Common collocations

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.

Related Words

Compare: 手車(てぐるま) (handcart)
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