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How to say 'Passenger' in Japanese | 乗客

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The Japanese word for Passenger is 'Joukyaku', written as 乗客 in Japanese.'Passenger' in hiragana is じょうきゃく.

    word

    乗客

    Meaning

    Passenger

    Reading

    じょうきゃく

    joukyaku

    Kanji

    乗Ride 客Guest, Customer

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '乗客 (じょうきゃく)' refers to a 'passenger', specifically someone who is traveling in a vehicle such as a train, bus, airplane, or ship. This word is commonly used in transportation contexts. For example: The passengers got off the train「乗客は電車を降りた」(じょうきゃくはでんしゃをおりた). There were many passengers on the bus「バスには多くの乗客がいた」(バスにはおおくのじょうきゃくがいた). The word emphasizes the role of the person as someone being transported, rather than the driver or operator of the vehicle.

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N3

    Kanji Grade

    3

    Frequency

    3037

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 乗客

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    乗

    Meaning

    Ride

  • kanji

    客

    Meaning

    Guest, Customer

Words Related to 乗客 Through the Kanji 乗

These 15 Words contain the Kanji 乗 as well.

  • word

    乗る

    Meaning

    Ride, Board

  • word

    乗り物

    Meaning

    Vehicle

  • word

    乗り換える

    Meaning

    Change, Transfer

  • word

    乗り換え

    Meaning

    Transfer

  • word

    乗せる

    Meaning

    Load, Trick

  • word

    乗車券

    Meaning

    Ticket

  • word

    乗車

    Meaning

    Boarding

  • word

    名乗る

    Meaning

    Introduce

  • word

    乗り込む

    Meaning

    Enter, Board

  • word

    乗り出す

    Meaning

    Embark, Lean out

  • word

    乗り越える

    Meaning

    Overcome

  • word

    乗り降り

    Meaning

    Boarding, Alighting

  • word

    乗り遅れる

    Meaning

    Miss

  • word

    乗り越し

    Meaning

    Overriding

  • word

    乗り越す

    Meaning

    Overcome, Overshoot

Words Related to 乗客 Through the Kanji 客

These 9 Words contain the Kanji 客 as well.

  • word

    客

    Meaning

    Guest, Customer

  • word

    客間

    Meaning

    Guestroom

  • word

    顧客

    Meaning

    Customer

  • word

    客席

    Meaning

    Audience

  • word

    客観

    Meaning

    Objectivity

  • word

    客観的

    Meaning

    Objective

  • word

    観客

    Meaning

    Audience

  • word

    旅客

    Meaning

    Passenger

  • word

    旅客機

    Meaning

    Airliner

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What does 'Joukyaku' (乗客) mean?

'Joukyaku' means 'Passenger' .

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