JLPT N2 · Noun

機関車 (kikansha)

機関車 (きかんしゃ, kikansha) is a Japanese noun meaning “locomotive; engine”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: きかんしゃ
Romaji: kikansha
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

locomotive; engine · noun

Example sentences

機関車は長い貨物車の列を引っ張って走っていた。

The locomotive was pulling a long line of freight cars.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 機関車

機

loom, mechanism, machineキ・はた · 16 strokes

関

connection, barrier, gatewayカン・せき・-ぜき · 14 strokes

車

carシャ・くるま · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 機関車.

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Source: JMdict entry 1220880 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.