市内電車

Japanese

Kanji in this term
市	内	電	車
し Grade: 2	ない Grade: 2	でん Grade: 2	しゃ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
市內電車 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 市内 (shinai, “within a city, intracity”) +‎ 電車 (densha, “electric train”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕina̠i dẽ̞ɰ̃ɕa̠]

Noun

市(し)内(ない)電(でん)車(しゃ) • (shinai densha)

a tram, a streetcar (passenger vehicle)

Usage notes

Although the kanji literally just mean intracity (electric) train, in common usage, this term indicates an electric train running on city streets, i.e. a tram or streetcar.^[1]

Synonyms

路面電車(ろめんでんしゃ) (romen densha) (“streetcar”, but not explicitly “intracity”), 都電(とでん) (toden)

Derived terms

市電(しでん) (shiden)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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