山車

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
だし
Grade: 1 Grade: 1
irregular
Alternative spelling
花車
Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: 1
Alternative spellings
楽車
地車
檀尻
A 山車(だんじり) (danjiri) at Saijō Festival in Ehime Prefecture, Japan

From () (dashi, go out), as it is believed that gods ride out on the vehicle.[1] The form だんじり (danjiri) is used in the Kansai area.

Noun

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山車(だし) or 山車(だんじり) (dashi or danjiri

  1. a float; a vehicle used in a festival
    Synonym: 山鉾 (yamaboko)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
さん
Grade: 1
しゃ
Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Chinese. Attested from the 10th century.[2]

Noun

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(さん)(しゃ) (sansha

  1. Synonym of 山車 (dashi, danjiri, festival float)
  2. a wooden cart that appears spontaneously without being made by man as an auspicious sign of the time of peace and tranquility

See also

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Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
やま
Grade: 1
くるま > ぐるま
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Noun

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(やま)(ぐるま) or 山車(ヤマグルマ) (yamaguruma

  1. wheel tree, Trochodendron aralioides
Usage notes
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As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヤマグルマ.

References

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  1. ^ 山車”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  2. ^ 山車”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006