Japanese

Noun

市内電車 ‎(hiragana しないでんしゃ, romaji shinai densha)

1. a tram, a streetcar (passenger vehicle)

Usage notes

Although the kanji literally just mean intracity (electric) train, in common usage, this term indicates an electric train running on city streets, i.e. a tram or streetcar.^[1]

Derived terms

• 市電 (しでん) ‎(shiden)

Synonyms

• 路面電車 (ろめんでんしゃ) ‎(romen densha) (“streetcar”, but not explicitly “intracity”), 都電 (とでん) ‎(toden)

References

1. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan