市内電車

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɕina̠i dẽ̞ɰ̃ɕa̠]

Noun

市内電車 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 市內電車, hiragana しないでんしゃ, rōmaji shinai densha)

1. 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 (ろ)面 (めん)電 (でん)車 (しゃ) (romen densha) (“streetcar”, but not explicitly “intracity”), 都 (と)電 (でん) (toden)

Derived terms

• 市 (し)電 (でん) (shiden)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan