運転手

Japanese

Kanji in this term
運 転 手
うん
Grade: 3 		てん
Grade: 3 		しゅ
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
運轉手 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うんてんしゅ [ùńtéꜜǹshù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟̃ntẽ̞ɰ̃ɕɨ]

Noun

運(うん)転(てん)手(しゅ) • (untenshu) 

  1. A professional driver of a train or an automobile such as a taxi or a bus; a chauffeur

Synonyms

  • 運転士(うんてんし) (untenshi) (train or taxi driver)
  • 運転者(うんてんしゃ) (untensha) (bus driver)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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