火の車

Japanese
Kanji in this term
火 車
ひ
Grade: 1		 くるま
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ひ​のくるま [híꜜ nò kùrùmà] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • (Tokyo) ひのくるま [hì nó kúrúmá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [çi no̞ kɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝma̠]

Noun

火(ひ)の車(くるま) • (hi no kuruma) 

  1. Synonym of 火車 (kasha, “a fiery chariot that brings sinners to hell”)
  2. being poor, short of money, in straitened circumstances
    • 1951, 野村胡堂, 錢形平次捕物控 女臼‎, 青空文庫:
      「四方屋(よもや)はこんな大(おほ)きな屋臺(やたい)を拵(こしら)へて居(ゐ)る癖(くせ)に、内輪(うちわ)は火(ひ)の車(くるま)で、三四年(さんよねん)の間(あひだ)に身代限(しんだいかぎ)りをするだらうと、世間(せけん)の評判(ひやうばん)になつたが――」
      “Yomoya wa konna ōkina yatai o koshiraete iru kuse ni, uchiwa wa hi no kuruma de, san yonen no aida ni shindai kagiri o suru darō to, seken no hyōban ni natta ga――”
      The Yomoya house has built itself such a large storefront, but in truth they are in straitened circumstances, and the rumor was that they would go bankrupt in three or four years.
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