車止め

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
くるま
Grade: 1
と > ど
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

Compound of (くるま) (kuruma, vehicle) + () (tome, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb ()める (tomeru, stop).). The tome changes to dome as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝma̠do̞me̞]

Noun[edit]

(くるま)() (kurumadome

  1. buffer stop

Further reading[edit]