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原動機付自転車 (げんどうきつきじてんしゃ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
motorized bicycle ; moped (under 50cc)
Legal and technical term for a motorized two-wheeled vehicle with an engine displacement of less than 50cc. In everyday conversation, the abbreviation 原付 (げんつき) is far more common.
See also: 原付
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原動機付自転車 is a legal term referring to a two-wheeled vehicle equipped with an engine of less than 50cc.
Written forms 原げん 動どう 機き 付つき 自じ 転てん 車しゃ
Full legal term for a moped or motorized bicycle under 50cc. Often abbreviated to 原付 in everyday use.
原げん 動どう 機き 付つ き 自じ 転てん 車しゃ
Variant with okurigana き. Less common than the form without き.
Kanji 原 meadow, original, primitive 機 loom, mechanism, machine 付 adhere, attach, refer to 転 revolve, turn around, change Etymology Compound of 原動機 (げんどうき, 'motor, engine'), 付き (つき, 'attached, equipped with'), and 自転車 (じてんしゃ, 'bicycle'). Literally 'bicycle equipped with a motor'.
