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)
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