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車券 (shaken) Japanese meaning: bike-race betting ticket | Kotomora

車しゃ券けん

しゃ

け

ん

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Meanings

1

bike-race betting ticket

Specifically a ticket for betting on keirin (競輪) bicycle races. Not used for other types of race betting.

競けい輪りん場じょうで車しゃ券けんを買かった。
I bought a bike-race betting ticket at the keirin track.

Kanji

車car
券ticket

Don't confuse with

馬ば券けん
馬券 is a betting ticket for horse racing, while 車券 is the equivalent ticket used for keirin (bicycle racing).
車しゃ検けん
車検 (vehicle inspection) and 車券 (a betting ticket for keirin bicycle racing) are pronounced identically but refer to completely unrelated things.

Word family

乗じょう車しゃ券けんN1
ticket; passenger ticket · basic fare ticket
駐ちゅう車しゃ券けん
parking ticket; parking stub

Etymology

Compound of 車 (sha, 'vehicle, bicycle') and 券 (ken, 'ticket'). The reading しゃけん follows standard on'yomi.