Japanese Conversation · Level 92
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Japanese word
車体
Pronunciation
Romajishatai
Meaning
- nouncar body
Example
この車は車体が軽いです。ko no kuruma wa sha tai ga karu i de su
The body of this car is light.
More examples
新しい素材で車体を軽量化しました。atara shi i so zai de sha tai o kei ryō ka shi ma shi ta
We made the car body lighter with a new material.
Core concept
The main structure of a vehicle that supports its occupants, machinery, and outer shell.
Common phrases
車体を修理するsha tai o shū ri su ru
repair the car body
車体を点検するsha tai o ten ken su ru
inspect the car body
車体の損傷sha tai no son shō
car body damage
車体の表面sha tai no hyō men
car body surface
車体を塗装するsha tai o to sō su ru
paint the car body
Similar words
ボディーbodī: The visible outer structure of a vehicle that surrounds its occupants and internal equipment.
Definition in Japanese
自動車などで、乗員や機械を収める本体部分。ji dō sha na do de jō in ya ki kai o osa me ru hon tai bu bun
Word origin
The noun 車体 (shatai) combines 車 (sha, "vehicle") and 体 (tai, "body"), giving the literal sense of "vehicle body".
Usage tips
- In English, car body usually means the outer shell, while frame means the supporting structure, but Japanese 車体 (shatai) can refer more broadly to the vehicle's main structure.
Other meanings
- framenoun