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Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of くるま – see the following entry.
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- a car, an automobile, a carriage, a cart
- a wheel, a caster
- something wheel-shaped
- a style of 紋 (mon, “family crest”)
- short for various terms:
- short for 車海老 (kuruma ebi): a prawn
- short for 車懸 (kuruma-gakari): “wheel formation”, a battle tactic where units attack in staged waves in order to prevent the opponent from resting
- short for 肩車 (kata-guruma): riding on one's shoulders, piggyback
- short for 手車 (te-guruma): a handcart, a wheelbarrow
- short for 車座 (kuruma za): sitting in a circle
- (obsolete) during the Edo period, in the red-light district in Ōsaka, a prostitute whose services cost four 匁 (monme) and three 分 (bun) (possibly in reference to the cost of a carriage ride)
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(This term, くるま (kuruma), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as くるま, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くるま.)
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Miyako
Noun
くるま (kuruma)
- 車: car, wheel
Okinawan
Noun
くるま (kuruma)
- 車: car, wheel
Yaeyama
Noun
くるま (kuruma)
- 車: car, wheel
Yonaguni
Noun
くるま (kuruma)
- 車: car, wheel