How do you say "Which car from the front?" in Japanese?

Name: Did You Catch That? The Door Is Four Cars From the Front. You Counted From the Back.
Uploaded: 2026-10-05T18:20:00Z
Duration: 23 s
Description: Learn to say 前から何両目ですか？ (mae kara nan-ryōme desu ka?) — Which car from the front?. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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Did You Catch That? The Door Is Four Cars From the Front. You Counted From the Back.

To say Which car from the front? in Japanese, say 前から何両目ですか？ (mae kara nan-ryōme desu ka?).

Did you catch that? The station just said the door is four cars from the front. You counted from the back.

前から何両目ですか？ mae kara nan-ryōme desu ka? Which car from the front?

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In this video

前から何両目ですか？ mae kara nan-ryōme desu ka? Which car from the front?
前から四両目のドアが開きます。 mae kara yon-ryōme no doa ga akimasu. The doors will open on the fourth car from the front.

Kanji in this phrase

両目: りょうめ
何両目: なんりょうめ
前から: まえから
四両目: よんりょうめ
開きます: あきます

Why this phrase

Local-train announcements tell you which car's doors will open on a short platform: 前から何両目. Count from the FRONT of the train, the end that pulls in first. Ask 前から何両目ですか if you missed it. Count from the back and you watch the doors close.