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車椅子

車いす

Reading

Kana: くるまいす
Romaji: kurumaisu
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

wheelchair; folding push-chair

Kanji

Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Reading: 
Meaning: chair
Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね
Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

Example Sentences

車椅子(くるまいす)女性(じょせい)、スーパーに()てこもる。
➥Woman in a wheelchair holes up in supermarket.
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とうとう、病気(びょうき)のために、(かれ)(ある)くことができなくなり、(うご)(まわ)るのに電動(でんどう)車椅子(くるまいす)(もち)いなければならなくなった。
➥In the end, because of the disease, he became unable to walk and had to use a motorized wheelchair to get around.
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(かれ)らは、特別(とくべつ)のコンピューター・システムを開発(かいはつ)し、それを(かれ)車椅子(くるまいす)()()けた。
➥They developed a special computer system and fixed it to his wheelchair.
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