くるま

Japanese

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) during the 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 (kuruma), 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.)

Miyako

Noun

くるま (kuruma)

車: car, wheel

Okinawan

Noun

くるま (kuruma)

車: car, wheel

Yaeyama

Noun

くるま (kuruma)

車: car, wheel

Yonaguni

Noun

くるま (kuruma)

車: car, wheel