運転手

Japanese
Kanji in this term
運 転 手
うん
Grade: 3		 てん
Grade: 3		 しゅ
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
運轉手 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) うんて​んしゅ [ùńtéꜜǹshù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟̃ᵝntẽ̞ɰ̃ɕɨᵝ]

Noun

運(うん)転(てん)手(しゅ) • (untenshu) 

  1. A professional driver of a train or an automobile such as a taxi or a bus; a chauffeur

Synonyms
  • 運転士(うんてんし) (untenshi) (train or taxi driver)
  • 運転者(うんてんしゃ) (untensha) (bus driver)

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
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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