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乗合馬車 (noriaibasha) Japanese meaning: stagecoach | Kotomora

乗のり合あい馬ば車しゃ

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Meanings

1

Historical term for a horse-drawn carriage carrying multiple passengers on a regular route.

西せい部ぶ開かい拓たく時じ代だいには、乗のり合あい馬ば車しゃが主しゅ

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During the frontier era, stagecoaches were a major means of transportation.

Kanji

乗ride, power, multiplication
合fit, suit, join
馬horse
車car

Related words

駅えき馬ば車しゃ
Also means stagecoach, but 乗合馬車 emphasizes shared riding, while 駅馬車 focuses on the relay station system.

Built from

乗のり合あい+馬ば車しゃ

Written forms

乗のり合あい馬ば車しゃ
Standard kanji spelling.
乗のり合あい馬ば車しゃ
Variant with okurigana り and い.
乗のり合あい馬ば車しゃ
Less common variant with only い okurigana.

Etymology

Compound of 乗り合い (riding together) and 馬車 (horse-drawn carriage).