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  1. Words
  2. 車

くるま

車

N5

car

kuruma

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JLPT
N5
Frequency
#482

Meanings

  1. 1
    car; automobile; vehiclenoun
  2. 2
    wheel; castor; casternoun

JMdict 1323080

In a sentence

車(くるま)carがあるthere is

I have a car

How it works

Japanese says literally “a car exists” where English says “I have a car”. が (subject) points out the subject (車(くるま) (car)), and ある (exists, things) is the verb of existence used for objects (いる (exists, living) is for people and animals). It stays plain and casual — no polite です (is) or ます (polite) on the end.

Written with

  • 車car7 strokes

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