荷車

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 荷車 combines 荷, “load,” with 車, “wheeled vehicle,” and is read にぐるま.
• Basic usage: It denotes a cart or wagon used to carry vegetables, goods, or other loads.
  • In 農夫は荷車に野菜を積んで市場へ向かいました。, に marks where the vegetables are loaded; 古い荷車の車輪を二人で修理しました。 uses の to link the wheels to the cart.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Reading in the compound
  • 車 by itself is read くるま, but its initial sound is voiced in 荷車, making the full reading にぐるま.
• に marking where cargo is loaded
  • In 荷車に野菜を積む, に marks the cart receiving the load and を marks the vegetables being loaded.
• 荷車 and 車
  • 車(くるま) broadly covers cars and other wheeled vehicles, while 荷車 specifically identifies a cart or wagon used for carrying goods.