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：2026/01/11
車
Hiragana
くるま
Noun
abbreviation
alt-of
obsolete
Japanese Meaning
自動車。エンジンやモーターを動力として走行する乗り物であり、道路での移動手段として使われる。
Easy Japanese Meaning
ひとやものをのせてみちをはしるのりもの
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
汽车 / 车辆 / 车子
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
汽車 / 車輛 / 車子
Korean Meaning
자동차 / 차량
Indonesian
mobil / kendaraan
Vietnamese Meaning
ô tô / xe hơi / xe (phương tiện giao thông đường bộ)
Tagalog Meaning
kotse / sasakyan
Sense（1）
a car, an automobile, a carriage, a cart
Sense（2）
a wheel, a caster
Sense（3）
something wheel-shaped
Sense（4）
a style of 紋 (mon, “family crest”)
Sense（5）
short for 車海老 (kuruma ebi): a prawn
Sense（6）
short for 車懸 (kuruma-gakari): “wheel formation”, a battle tactic where units attack in staged waves in order to prevent the opponent from resting
Sense（7）
short for 肩車 (kata-guruma): riding on one's shoulders, piggyback
Sense（8）
short for 手車 (te-guruma): a handcart, a wheelbarrow
Sense（9）
(obsolete) during the Edo period, in the red-light district in Ōsaka, a prostitute whose services cost four 匁 (monme) and three 分 (bun) (possibly in reference to the cost of a carriage ride)
Sense（10）
short for 車座 (kuruma za): sitting in a circle
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