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Kotomora

ボンネットバス

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noun

bonnet bus; cab-behind-engine bus

A bus with a protruding front engine compartment, resembling classic British-style buses. The term is wasei-eigo from English 'bonnet bus'.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from bonnet bus