霊柩車

From 霊柩 (reikyū, “coffin”) +‎ 車 (sha, “wheeled vehicle”).

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) れーきゅ​うしゃ [rèékyúꜜùshà] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːkʲɨᵝːɕa̠]

霊柩車 (hiragana れいきゅうしゃ, rōmaji reikyūsha, historical hiragana れいきうしや)

1. (vehicles) a hearse
   • 1996 February 20 [Feb 15 1988], Adachi, Mitsuru, “テイク・オフ [Take Off]”, in SHORT PROGRAMショート・プログラム [SHORT PROGRAM], volume 1 (fiction), 25th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 107:

     自 (じ)分 (ぶん)で自 (じ)分 (ぶん)の行 (こう)動 (どう)に条 (じょう)件 (けん)をつけちゃうんだよ、この娘 (こ)——例 (たと)えば、毎 (まい)年 (とし)初 (はつ)雪 (ゆき)が降 (ふ)るまでモチは食 (く)わないとか、霊 (れい)柩 (きゅう)車 (しゃ)が通 (とお)るまで道 (みち)を渡 (わた)らないとか、ネコがあくびするまでコタツを出 (で)ないとか。

     Jibun de jibun no kōdō ni jōken o tsukechaun da yo, kono ko—— Tatoeba, maitoshi hatsuyuki ga furu made mochi wa kuwanai toka, reikyūsha ga tōru made michi o wataranai toka, neko ga akubisuru made kotatsu o denai toka.

     This girl, I’m telling you, she sets terms for every of her own actions—— Like, not eating mochi until the first snowfall of each year, not crossing the street until the hearse passes by, or not leaving the kotatsu until her cat yawns.

   • 2004 July 7, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “第だい24話わ　敵てきは全すべて—— [Chapter 24: ——All of the Enemy]”, in 武ブ装ソウ錬レン金キン [Armed Alchemy], volume 3, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 135:

     武 (む)藤 (とう)⁉救 (きゅう)急 (きゅう)車 (しゃ)！いや　霊 (れい)柩 (きゅう)車 (しゃ)！

     Mutō⁉ Kyūkyūsha! Iya reikyūsha!

     Mutō⁉ Call an ambulance! No, call a hearse!

     一 (いち)応 (おう)寝 (ね)ているだけです

     Ichiō neteiru dake desu

     He’s just sleeping