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For pronunciation and definitions of くるま – see the following entry.
【車 】 1
[noun] a car , an automobile , a carriage , a cart [noun] a wheel , a caster [noun] something wheel -shaped [noun] a style of 紋 ( mon , “ family crest ” ) [noun] short for various terms:
[noun] short for 車海老 (kuruma ebi ): a prawn [noun] 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[noun] short for 肩車 (kata-guruma ): riding on one's shoulders, piggyback [noun] short for 手車 (te-guruma ): a handcart , a wheelbarrow [noun] short for 車座 (kuruma za ): sitting in a circle [noun] ( obsolete ) 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)
(This term, くるま , is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)For a list of all kanji read as くるま , see Category:Japanese kanji read as くるま .)
くるま kuruma )
車 car , wheel Okinawan [ edit ] くるま kuruma )
車 car , wheel Yaeyama [ edit ] くるま kuruma )
車 car , wheel Yonaguni [ edit ] くるま kuruma )
車 car , wheel