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four-wheeled vehicle (typically an automobile)
A vehicle that runs on four wheels — usually an ordinary car — as distinguished from two-wheeled vehicles such as motorcycles.
四輪車の免許を取る。
Get a license for four-wheeled vehicles.
二輪車より四輪車の方が安定している。
Four-wheeled vehicles are more stable than two-wheeled ones.
高速道路では四輪車と二輪車で料金が異なる。
On the expressway, tolls differ for four-wheeled and two-wheeled vehicles.
A category term used in traffic rules, tolls, and licensing, where vehicles are classified by their number of wheels.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 四輪車の免許: a four-wheeled-vehicle license
- 普通四輪車: an ordinary four-wheeled vehicle
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 二輪車: two-wheeled vehicle — a motorcycle or moped, the usual contrast
- 自動車: automobile — the everyday word for a car