手 車(てぐるま)

てぐるま

noun

handcart; pushcart

1. handcart; pushcart; hand truck

A small wheeled cart pushed or pulled by hand, used for transporting goods or materials. Common in markets, warehouses, and construction sites.

手車(てぐるま)で荷物(にもつ)を運(はこ)ぶ。

Carry luggage by handcart.

市場(いちば)では手車(てぐるま)で商品(しょうひん)を移動(いどう)させている。

At the market, goods are moved by handcart.

重(おも)い資材(しざい)を手車(てぐるま)に載(の)せて現場(げんば)まで運(はこ)んだが、坂道(さかみち)では一人(ひとり)で押(お)すのが大変(たいへん)だった。

I loaded the heavy materials onto a handcart and transported them to the site, but pushing it alone on the slope was tough.

A compound of 手(て) (hand) and 車(くるま) (cart/vehicle). Refers to a simple wheeled vehicle designed to be pushed or pulled by hand, without mechanical power.

Common collocations

手車(てぐるま)を押(お)す: push a handcart
手車(てぐるま)を引(ひ)く: pull a handcart
手車(てぐるま)に載(の)せる: load onto a handcart

Similar words

台車(だいしゃ): dolly; wheeled platform cart (the most common modern term for hand-pushed carts)
一輪車(いちりんしゃ): wheelbarrow (single-wheeled cart)
荷車(にぐるま): cargo cart (larger cart for heavy loads, sometimes animal-drawn)
リヤカー: rear car; bicycle trailer (a two-wheeled cart towed behind a bicycle)

Related Words

Compare: 台車(だいしゃ) (dolly)

Compare: 一輪車(いちりんしゃ) (wheelbarrow)

Compare: 荷車(にぐるま) (cargo cart)

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Added 2026.5.3 9:00 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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