noun
A unit or measure of mechanical output, especially for engines and motors.
このエンジンは百馬力ある。
This engine has one hundred horsepower.
He still has a lot of energy even as he gets older.
noun
horse-drawn cart
Obsolete noun sense; the modern ordinary word for a horse-drawn cart is 荷馬車.
See also: 荷馬車
古い資料では、「馬力」が荷馬車を指すことがある。
In old materials, 馬力 can refer to a horse-drawn cart.
The normal modern word for a horse-drawn carriage or cart; 馬力 in this meaning is obsolete.
Written with 馬, 'horse,' and 力, 'power/force,' matching the literal idea of horsepower. The obsolete cart sense is attested, but its detailed historical development is not specified here.