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
Here I proposed that we should take a jinrikisha ride.
From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta
We land at Arashizama and resume our jinrikisha ride to Kiota.
From My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 by Hunt, Eleonora
The jinrikisha is the commonest of all vehicles now in use in Japan.
From Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition by Bacon, Alice Mabel
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