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Mobile Phone in Japanese
The word for "mobile phone" is generally uE|o+>oc+*-# (keitai denwa)
or just uE|o+> (keitai) in everyday conversation. uE|o+> (keitai)
literally means "something that is carried" and oc+*-# (denwa)
means "telephone".
Electric Car in Japanese
The word for "electric car" is oc+u#u*c-oio*+e (denki jid+isha). oc+u#u (denki)
means "electricity," and *c-oio*+e (jid+isha) means "automobile" or "car".
oc+*+e
The word oc+*+e (densha) means "train", specifically referring to an
electric train or railway vehicle that runs on tracks and is powered
by electricity. It is the standard term for regular trains used for
public transportation within and between cities in Japan, as opposed
to uu#o||t+U (shinkansen), which refers to high-speed bullet trains.