What does ～車 mean?
～車 is a Japanese suffix meaning “vehicle” or “~ car (suffix)” in English. It is written as ～車 in kanji, ～しゃ in hiragana, and ～sha in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.
NoteSuffix for vehicles (自転車 = bicycle, 救急車 = ambulance), and train carriages (三号車 = carriage 3).
Example sentences
救急車を呼んでください。
Please call an ambulance.
指定席は五号車です。
The reserved seats are in carriage 5.