山車

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
山 車
Grade: 1 Grade: 1
Irregular
Kanji in this term
山 車
さん
Grade: 1		 しゃ
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative forms

Noun

山車 (hiragana だし, rōmaji dashi, alternative reading だんじり, rōmaji danjiri)

  1. A float; a vehicle used in a festival.


Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
山 車
やま
Grade: 1		 くるま > ぐるま
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Noun

山車 (hiragana やまぐるま, katakana ヤマグルマ, rōmaji yamaguruma)

  1. wheel tree, Trochodendron aralioides

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts.

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