Illustration: Inside a Japanese commuter train, a child stands between seated parents and stretches toward a hanging strap that remains just beyond reach. A parent lowers another strap within easy reach while keeping a steady hand near the child’s back.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

車しゃ内ない

shanai

inside a car, bus or train

Example sentences

  1. 混こんでいるバスの車内しゃないでは、若者わかものはお年寄としよりに席せきを譲ゆずるべきだ。

    On crowded buses, young people should give their seats to old people.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 学生がくせいの利用りようが多おおく、車内しゃないの空席くうせきが全すべて埋うまることもある。

    The trains are used mostly by students, and occasionally one will find that all the passenger seats of a train are occupied.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. なお、車内しゃないでは地下鉄乗ちかてつのり継つぎ割引乗車券わりびきじょうしゃけんは購入出来こうにゅうできない。

    Discount tickets for the connecting use of a subway line aren’t available within the buses.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 車内

  • 車carOnシャKunくるま
  • 内inside; withinOnナイ・ダイKunうち

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