jinriksha

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 人力車(じんりきしゃ) (jinrikisha).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒɪnˈɹɪk.ʃə/

Noun

jinriksha (plural jinrikshas or jinriksha)

  1. Synonym of rickshaw.
    • 1898 July, Mabel Loomis Todd, "In Aino-land", The Century Illustrated Montly Magazine, Vol. LVI, No. 3, p. 346:
      There are no roads outside the villages in northern Yezo, no jinriksha,—those most fascinating man-power carriages,—no kago, or swinging cars, and no side-saddles...
    • 1904, Marietta Holley, Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition, →ISBN:
      In the Transportation Buildin' is a map one hundred feet long, showing the transportation facilities of the Empire, a perfect network of railways and telegraphand telephone wires, showin' they have other ways of gettin' 'round there besides man-carts and jinrikshas, yes, indeed!
    • 1930 January 4, Ruth Downing, “Our Sunday School Missionary in Japan”, in John van Schaick, Jr., editor, The Christian Leader, volume XXXIII, number 1, Boston, Mass.; Chicago, Ill.: Universalist Publishing House, →OCLC, page 27, column 1:
      Then a treat is in store for me! Three jinriksha are procured, and we ride off to the station. My, what a thrill!!!

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