車椅子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
車	椅	子
くるま Grade: 1	い Grade: S	す Grade: 1
yutōyomi

Alternative forms

車いす, 車イス

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Yutōyomi
- (Tokyo) くるまいす [kùrúmáꜜìsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
- IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝma̠isɨᵝ]

Noun

車椅子 (hiragana くるまいす, rōmaji kurumaisu)

wheelchair

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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