Transportation in Japanese

If you want to get from point A to point B, you need to know how to say certain words like car in Japanese. The list below with transport related Japanese words will help. For even more Japanese vocabularies, take a look at our learning resources for Japanese at the end of the page.

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Vehicles in Japanese
Car Vocabularies in Japanese
Bus & Train in Japanese
Flying in Japanese
Infrastructure in Japanese

Vehicles in Japanese

English	Japanese
car in Japanese	車 (kuruma)
ship in Japanese	船 (fune)
plane in Japanese	飛行機 (hikō ki)
train in Japanese	列車 (ressha)
bus in Japanese	バス (basu)
tram in Japanese	路面電車 (romen densha)
subway in Japanese	地下鉄 (chika tetsu)
helicopter in Japanese	ヘリコプター (herikoputā)
yacht in Japanese	ヨット (yotto)
ferry in Japanese	フェリー (ferī)
bicycle in Japanese	自転車 (jiten sha)
taxi in Japanese	タクシー (takushī)
lorry in Japanese	トラック (torakku)

Car Vocabularies in Japanese

English	Japanese
tyre in Japanese	タイヤ (taiya)
steering wheel in Japanese	ハンドル (handoru)
horn in Japanese	クラクション (kurakushon)
battery in Japanese	バッテリー (batterī)
seatbelt in Japanese	シートベルト (shīto beruto)
diesel in Japanese	ディーゼル (dīzeru)
petrol in Japanese	ガソリン (gasorin)
dashboard in Japanese	ダッシュボード (dasshubōdo)
airbag in Japanese	エアバッグ (ea baggu)
motor in Japanese	モーター (mōtā)

Bus & Train in Japanese

English	Japanese
bus stop in Japanese	バス停 (basu tei)
train station in Japanese	駅 (eki)
timetable in Japanese	時刻表 (jikoku hyō)
minibus in Japanese	マイクロバス (maikurobasu)
school bus in Japanese	スクールバス (sukūru basu)
platform in Japanese	プラットホーム (purattohōmu)
locomotive in Japanese	機関車 (kikan sha)
steam train in Japanese	蒸気機関車 (jōki kikan sha)
high-speed train in Japanese	快速電車 (kaisoku densha)
ticket office in Japanese	切符売り場 (kippu uriba)
railtrack in Japanese	レール (rēru)

Flying in Japanese

English	Japanese
airport in Japanese	空港 (kūkō)
emergency exit in Japanese	非常口 (hijō guchi)
wing in Japanese	ウイング (uingu)
engine in Japanese	エンジン (enjin)
life jacket in Japanese	救命胴衣 (kyūmei dōi)
cockpit in Japanese	コックピット (kokkupitto)
cargo aircraft in Japanese	貨物航空機 (kamotsu kōkū ki)
glider in Japanese	グライダー (guraidā)
economy class in Japanese	エコノミークラス (ekonomī kurasu)
business class in Japanese	ビジネスクラス (bijinesu kurasu)
first class in Japanese	ファーストクラス (fāsuto kurasu)
customs in Japanese	関税 (kanzei)

Infrastructure in Japanese

English	Japanese
harbour in Japanese	港 (minato)
road in Japanese	道路 (dōro)
motorway in Japanese	高速道路 (kōsoku dōro)
petrol station in Japanese	ガソリンスタンド (gasorin sutando)
traffic light in Japanese	信号 (shingō)
car park in Japanese	駐車場 (chūsha jō)
intersection in Japanese	交差点 (kōsa ten)
car wash in Japanese	洗車 (sensha)
roundabout in Japanese	ロータリー (rōtarī)
street light in Japanese	街灯 (gaitō)
pavement in Japanese	歩道 (hodō)

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Transportation in Japanese

Vehicles in Japanese

Car Vocabularies in Japanese

Bus & Train in Japanese

Flying in Japanese

Infrastructure in Japanese

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