車止め

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
車 止
くるま
Grade: 1 		と > ど
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 車(くるま) (kuruma, “vehicle”) + 止(と)め (tome, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 止(と)める (tomeru, “stop”).). The tome changes to dome as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

車(くるま)止(ど)め • (kurumadome) 

  1. buffer stop

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