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How to say "Passenger plane" in Japanese

If you are wondering what's the Japanese word for "Passenger plane" you've come to the right place!

the Japanese word for "Passenger plane" is "Ryokakuki", written in japanese as "旅客機".

Here's a more detailed explanation:

The Japanese noun '旅客機 (りょかくき)' refers to a passenger airplane or airliner. It is a type of aircraft designed to transport passengers on commercial flights. These planes are used for domestic and international air travel and can carry hundreds of people at a time. For example: We took a passenger plane to Tokyo - (私たちは東京に旅客機で行きました).

The Kanji are characters that represent meanings. As you can see, this word is made up of 3 Kanji:

The kanji "旅" means "Travel" and can be read as "Ryo" and "Tabi". The kanji "客" means "Guest" and "Customer" and can be read as "Kaku" and "Kyaku". And The kanji "機" means "Machine" and "Opportunity" and can be read as "Ki" and "Hata".

Now, let's make sure you understand this word the other way around too.

What does "Ryokakuki" mean in japanese?

"Ryokakuki" means "Passenger plane" .

To learn more about the kanji in this word, checkout this pages:

What is the Kanji for travel?What is the Kanji for guest and customer?What is the Kanji for machine and opportunity?

If you also want to learn how to write this word in Japanese, you can checkout this page:

How to write "Passenger plane" in Japanese

To make really sure you learn this word, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this word and of the characters that comprise it.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "り" is read as "ri". The hiragana "た" is read as "ta". The hiragana "び" is read as "bi". The hiragana "か" is read as "ka". The hiragana "く" is read as "ku". The hiragana "き" is read as "ki". And The hiragana "は" is read as "ha".

About kanji, you need to know that most Kanji have two types of readings: Kunyomi, based on native japanese pronunciation. And onyomi, based on chinese pronunciation.