給 水 車(きゅうすいしゃ)

きゅうすいしゃ

noun

water tanker truck; water supply truck

1. water tanker truck; water supply truck

A truck equipped with a large water tank, used to deliver drinking water to areas where the regular supply has been cut off—typically after earthquakes, typhoons, or other disasters.

給水車(きゅうすいしゃ)が到着(とうちゃく)した。

The water tanker truck has arrived.

断水(だんすい)のため給水車(きゅうすいしゃ)を呼(よ)んだ。

We called for a water tanker because the water was cut off.

地震(じしん)の後(あと)、被災地(ひさいち)には毎日(まいにち)何台(なんだい)もの給水車(きゅうすいしゃ)が派遣(はけん)された。

After the earthquake, several water tanker trucks were dispatched to the affected area every day.

Compound of 給水(きゅうすい) (water supply) + 車(しゃ) (vehicle).

Common collocations

給水車(きゅうすいしゃ)が来(く)る: a water tanker arrives
給水車(きゅうすいしゃ)を派遣(はけん)する: to dispatch water tankers
給水車(きゅうすいしゃ)に並(なら)ぶ: to line up at the water tanker

Usage

Most commonly seen in disaster-relief news. After a major earthquake or typhoon damages the water supply, local governments and the Self-Defense Forces dispatch 給水車(きゅうすいしゃ) so residents can fill containers with drinking water.

Related Words

Related: 断水(だんすい) (water outage, water cutoff)

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Added 2026.5.13 8:55 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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