機関車

きかんしゃ

locomotive, engine

What does 機関車 mean?

機関車 is a Japanese noun meaning locomotive, engine in English. It is written as 機関車 in kanji, きかんしゃ in hiragana, and kikansha in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

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.