No. 234 in Japanese
車
Car; vehicle.
In a sentence
私は新しい車を買いました。
I bought a new car.
Here, '車' is used to denote a personal or consumer automobile.
この車道はとても広いです。
This roadway is very wide.
In this context, '車' is used as part of the word '車道', referring to a road designed for vehicles.
彼は車椅子を使っています。
He uses a wheelchair.
In '車椅子', '車' appears metaphorically as part of a compound word that refers to a wheelchair, illustrating an expanded usage of the term.
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