VocabJLPT N1
passenger car
Noun

Definitions

  1. 1. passenger car
  2. 2. passenger carriage
This word refers to a passenger car on a train, the type of carriage designed to carry people rather than freight. It is used in the context of railways to distinguish passenger-carrying vehicles from cargo or other types of cars.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Our company reviews the maintenance plan for passenger cars on a quarterly basis.

Sentence 2

Hey, does the position of each passenger car change every time?

Sentence 3

The door on the car won't open? That's the worst!

Sentence 4

Hey, where's the bathroom in this car?

Sentence 5

Even so, I let myself be rocked by the motion of the passenger car.