車椅子

Japanese
Kanji in this term
車 椅 子
くるま
Grade: 1		 い
Grade: S		 す
Grade: 1
kun’yomi on’yomi
Alternative spellings
車いす
車イス

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) くるま​いす [kùrúmáꜜìsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝma̠isɨᵝ]

Noun

車(くるま)椅(い)子(す) • (kurumaisu) 

  1. wheelchair

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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