山車

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Japanese

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

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

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

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

Noun

(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

Etymology 3

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

Noun

(やま)(ぐるま) or 山車(ヤマグルマ) (yamaguruma

  1. wheel tree, Trochodendron aralioides
Usage notes

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

  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) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
  2. ^ 山車”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006