車両

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 車両, read しゃりょう, refers to a vehicle or an individual railcar.
• Basic usage: In 最後尾の車両は比較的空いていた。, the last car of the train was relatively uncrowded.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• An individual railcar
  • 最後尾の車両 focuses on the rearmost car within a coupled train. The context distinguishes an individual car from the train as a whole.