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    3. 軽自動車

    軽自動車

    軽けい自じ動どう車しゃ

    light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp)

    KMT7News #13+1NounTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab36 strokes

    けいじどうしゃ

    Noun

    1.
    light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp), k-car, kei car

    Stroke 0 / 36

    Speed1.0x

    軽けい自じ動どう車しゃは燃ねん費ぴが良よいです。

    Kei cars have good fuel efficiency.

    KMT5Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    狭せまい道みちが多おおい日 本 では、軽けい自じ動どう車しゃが人にん気きです。

    Kei cars are popular in Japan, where there are many narrow roads.

    KMT7Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    彼かの女じょは通つうきんようの勤あたらしいけい用じどうしゃをこうに新ゅうしい軽 自 動 車 を購 入 した。

    She bought a new kei car for her commute.

    KMT7Travel & TransportationDaily LifeWork & Career
    軽けい自じ動どう車しゃでも高こう速そく道どう路ろを走はしることができます。

    Even kei cars can drive on expressways.

    KMT7Travel & Transportation
    軽けい自じ動どう車しゃは維い持じ費ひが安やすく、都と市し部ぶでの移い動どう手しゅ段だんとして非ひ常じょうに経けい済ざい的てきだ。

    Kei cars have low maintenance costs and are very economical as a means of transportation in urban areas.

    KMT8Travel & TransportationBusiness & FinanceDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    軽
    かる.い・かろ.やか・かろ.んじる…(3)
    lightly・trifling・unimportant
    自
    みずか.ら・おの.ずから・おの.ずと…(3)
    oneself
    動
    うご.く・うご.かす…(2)
    move・motion・change・confusion・shift…(1)
    車
    くるま…(3)
    car
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