Trains, Trains, & More Trains

                       Electric Train:     
                                                      densha
                                                 electric car

I find this word to be a little tricky.  The kanji on the left, pronounced 'den' here, means electric.
                                                      The kanji on the right, pronounced 'sha' here, means car
                                                                                                                               or vehicle.

So, what we're doing is calling an electric train, a electric car or vehicle.  And I'm ok with that.


But, there's a denkisha 電気車 which is an 'actual' electric car.
                                                                                    The 3 kanji are:  (electric-energy-car).


And then, we have a kisha:  which is an old style steam train.
                                                  kisha      The kanji on the left, pronounced 'ki', means steam.
                                              steam car   The kanji on the right, pronounced 'sha' here,
                                                                                                              means car or vehicle.

Finally, we have a shinkansen (bullet train):  

That's when I give up and simply say, "Where's the TRAIN?!"