輪行

Japanese

Kanji in this term
輪	行
りん Grade: 4	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 輪(りん) (rin, “wheel”) + 行(こう) (kō, “going, journey”).

Noun

輪(りん)行(こう) • (rinkō) ^{←りんかう (rinkau)?}

1. traveling with a bicycle (usually disassembled) while using public transport

Derived terms

• 輪行(りんこう)袋(ぶくろ) (rinkō-bukuro), 輪行(りんこう)バッグ (rinkō baggu, “bag for transporting a disassembled bicycle”)

References

• Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN