How do you say "the mildly air-conditioned car" in Japanese?

Name: It Is Thirty Six Degrees and the Locals Are Walking Straight Past the Coolest Car on the Train.
Uploaded: 2026-08-05T06:15:00Z
Duration: 25 s
Description: Learn to say 弱冷房車 (jakureibōsha) — the mildly air-conditioned car. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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It Is Thirty Six Degrees and the Locals Are Walking Straight Past the Coolest Car on the Train.

To say the mildly air-conditioned car in Japanese, say 弱冷房車 (jakureibōsha).

Thirty six degrees, the train pulls in, and the people ahead of you walk past the coolest car on purpose.

弱冷房車 jakureibōsha the mildly air-conditioned car

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「弱冷房車」。冷房が弱い車両です。 jakureibōsha. reibō ga yowai sharyō desu. 弱冷房車. The mildly air-conditioned car.
「弱冷房車は、何号車ですか？」 jakureibōsha wa, nangōsha desu ka? Which car is the mildly air-conditioned one?

Kanji in this phrase

弱冷房車: じゃくれいぼうしゃ
弱冷車: じゃくれいしゃ
何号車: なんごうしゃ
冷房: れいぼう
車両: しゃりょう
弱い: よわい

Why this phrase

Japanese trains in August are refrigerated hard, so every line sets ONE car a degree or two warmer for people who get cold. It is marked by a sticker above the door. Which car it is changes by line: JR East commuter lines default to car 4 (car 9 on the Chuo and Ome lines), Osaka Metro Midosuji is car 4, Hankyu is car 2. Some platforms mark the boarding spot on the floor, many do not. In Kansai the sticker often reads 弱冷車 rather than 弱冷房車, so mention both. Tourists sprint for the nearest door and then sit soaked and shivering for forty minutes. One word, one sign, one behaviour change. Do not bolt on the women-only car, that is a separate video.