乗用車

Japanese

Kanji in this term
じょう
Grade: 3
よう
Grade: 2
しゃ
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
乘用車 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

乗用(じょうよう) (jōyō, passenger-use) + (しゃ) (-sha, vehicle)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じょーよーしゃ [jòóyóꜜòshà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːjo̞ːɕa̠]

Noun

(じょう)(よう)(しゃ) • (jōyōsha

  1. passenger car

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN