痛車

Chinese

ache; pain; sorrow
vehicle on land; car; machine
vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
 
trad. (痛車) 痛 車
simp. (痛车) 痛 车

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 痛車(いたしゃ) (itasha).

Pronunciation

Noun

痛車

  1. itasha (vehicle decorated with images of fictional anime, manga, or game characters)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
痛 車
いた
Grade: 6 		しゃ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi on'yomi

Etymology

Blend of 痛い (itai, “cringy, cringeworthy”, literally “painful”) +‎ 車 (sha, “vehicle, car”), also blend of イタリア (Itaria, “Italy, Italian”, from the early focus on high-end Italian cars) +‎ 車 (sha, “vehicle, car”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ita̠ɕa̠]

Noun

痛(いた)車(しゃ) • (itasha) 

  1. a vehicle decorated with images of fictional anime, manga, or game characters

References

  1. ^ 2009, Sankei News, online publication of Sankei Shimbun: フェラーリも萌える「痛車」ビジネス (Ferāri mo Moeru 'Itasha' Bijinesu; in Japanese)
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