jinrikisha
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of jinrikisha
First recorded in 1870–75; from Japanese, equivalent to jin “man, person” + -riki “power, strength” + -sha “vehicle, carriage” (from Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese rénlì shē )
Example Sentences
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Through Hong Kong's twisting, crowded streets drove Gina Lollobrigida, riding alternately in a gold-painted Fiat and a jinrikisha, and extolling at every stop the virtues of Italian products.
From Time Magazine Archive
Vice Consul Kuramoto signalled a jinrikisha, stepped in, and that was the last anyone saw of him for five days.
From Time Magazine Archive
After reaching the foot of the mountain we found our jinrikisha men, each with his little chaise, ready to trot off for Yokohama, about thirty-five miles distant.
From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Maturin Murray Ballou
Our jinrikisha men took us there in less than an hour and a half, but as the road rises towards Kioto we were fully two hours in returning.
From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Maturin Murray Ballou
One, Yasaku, the kurumaya, a very Hercules, who could keep close to a pair of coach horses through miles of city streets, and who never suffered mortal jinrikisha man to pass him.
From Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition by Alice Mabel Bacon
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