霊柩車

Japanese

Kanji in this term
霊	柩	車
れい Grade: S	きゅう Hyōgai	しゃ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
靈柩車 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 霊柩 (reikyū, “coffin”) +‎ 車 (sha, “wheeled vehicle”).

Noun

霊(れい)柩(きゅう)車(しゃ) • (reikyūsha) ^{←れいきうしや (reikiusya)?}

1. (vehicles) a hearse
   • 1996 February 20 [1988 February 15], Mitsuru Adachi, “テイク・オフ [Take Off]”, in SHORT PROGRAM(ショート・プログラム) [SHORT PROGRAM], 25th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 107:

     自(じ)分(ぶん)で自(じ)分(ぶん)の行(こう)動(どう)に条(じょう)件(けん)をつけちゃうんだよ、この娘(こ)——例(たと)えば、毎(まい)年(とし)初(はつ)雪(ゆき)が降(ふ)るまでモチは食(く)わないとか、霊(れい)柩(きゅう)車(しゃ)が通(とお)るまで道(みち)を渡(わた)らないとか、ネコがあくびするまでコタツを出(で)ないとか。

     Jibun de jibun no kōdō ni jōken o tsukechaun da yo, kono ko—— Tatoeba, maitoshi hatsuyuki ga furu made mochi wa kuwanai toka, reikyūsha ga tōru made michi o wataranai toka, neko ga akubisuru made kotatsu o denai toka.

     This girl, I’m telling you, she sets terms for every of her own actions—— Like, not eating mochi until the first snowfall of each year, not crossing the street until the hearse passes by, or not leaving the kotatsu until her cat yawns.

   • 2004 July 7, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第(だい)24(にじゅうよん)話(わ)　敵(てき)は全(すべ)て—— [Chapter 24: ——All of the Enemy]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) [Armed Alchemy], volume 3, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 135:

     武(む)藤(とう)⁉救(きゅう)急(きゅう)車(しゃ)！いや　霊(れい)柩(きゅう)車(しゃ)！

     Mutō⁉ Kyūkyūsha! Iya reikyūsha!

     Mutō!? Call an ambulance! No, call a hearse!

     一(いち)応(おう)寝(ね)ているだけです

     Ichiō neteiru dake desu

     He’s just sleeping