車椅子

Japanese
Kanji in this term
車 椅 子
くるま
Grade: 1		 い
Grade: S		 す
Grade: 1
yutōyomi

Alternative forms
  • 車いす, 車イス

Etymology

From 車 (kuruma, “wheel”) +‎ 椅子 (isu, “chair”).

Pronunciation

Noun

車椅子 (hiragana くるまいす, rōmaji kurumaisu)

  1. wheelchair

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.