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

On’yomi

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

Noun

運(うん)転(てん)手(しゅ) • (untenshu)

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

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN

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