火の車
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 火 | 車 |
| ひ Grade: 1 |
くるま Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | |
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Tokyo) ひのくるま [híꜜ nò kùrùmà] (Atamadaka – [1])
- (Tokyo) ひのくるま [hì nó kúrúmá] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA(key): [çi no̞ kɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝma̠]
Noun[edit]
火の車 • (hi no kuruma)
- Synonym of 火車 (kasha, “a fiery chariot that brings sinners to hell”)
- being poor, short of money, in straitened circumstances
- 1951, 野村胡堂, 錢形平次捕物控 女臼[1], 青空文庫:
- 「四方屋はこんな大きな屋臺を拵へて居る癖に、内輪は火の車で、三四年の間に身代限りをするだらうと、世間の評判になつたが――」
- “Yomoya wa konna ōkina yatai o koshiraete iru kuse ni, uchiwa wa hi no kuruma de, san yonen no aida ni shindai kagiri o suru darō to, seken no hyōban ni natta ga――”
- The Yomoya house has built itself such a large storefront, but in truth they are in straitened circumstances, and the rumor was that they would go bankrupt in three or four years.
- 「四方屋はこんな大きな屋臺を拵へて居る癖に、内輪は火の車で、三四年の間に身代限りをするだらうと、世間の評判になつたが――」
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