火車

Etymology

 * “train”
 * First attested in 美理哥合省國志略 by, perhaps modelled on already-existing , or shortened from , attested in the same work. It is likely not a shortening of , which was attested later than.

Noun

 * 1) train
 * 2)  combat chariot carrying equipment for attack by fire
 * 3)  fiery chariot that sends a sinner to hell
 * 1)  combat chariot carrying equipment for attack by fire
 * 2)  fiery chariot that sends a sinner to hell
 * 1)  combat chariot carrying equipment for attack by fire
 * 2)  fiery chariot that sends a sinner to hell

Usage notes

 * 火車／火车 refers to the train itself and to the mode of transportation, so it is used in terms related to the railway. is sometimes used instead to follow technology development as trains are not steam powered anymore, but the term only refers to the train itself and cannot replace 火車／火车 in the previous term.
 * Sometimes high-speed trains are excluded when referring 火車／火车 only.

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From compound.

The "steam locomotive" sense is a semantic loan from modern.

Noun

 * 1)  a fiery chariot that brings sinners to hell; by extension, a form of torture using this vehicle
 * 2) a burning fire in the shape of a wheel
 * : a powerful, evil old hag
 * 1)  a yōkai that steals the corpses of those who have died as a result of accumulating evil deeds
 * 2) a steam locomotive; by extension, a train
 * : a woman who manages and supervises prostitutes
 * : a woman who manages and supervises prostitutes
 * : a woman who manages and supervises prostitutes
 * : a woman who manages and supervises prostitutes
 * : a woman who manages and supervises prostitutes