small car dealership; auto repair shop selling cars
Refers to a small, often independent business that sells and repairs cars, not a large franchise dealer.
I bought a used car at the car dealership in front of the station.
wheelwright; cartwright
Historical occupation; a person who makes or repairs wooden wheels and carts. Rare in modern contexts.
In the Edo period, wheelwrights were important craftsmen.
rickshawman; rickshaw station
Historical term for a rickshaw puller or a rickshaw stand. Now obsolete except in historical contexts.
Photos from the Meiji era show rickshawmen waiting for customers.
Formal term for a rickshaw puller, while 車屋 is an older, colloquial term.
Standard kanji spelling.
Kana-kanji mixed spelling, common in informal contexts.
Compound of 車 (kuruma, 'vehicle') and 屋 (ya, 'shop' or 'dealer'). The historical senses derive from the broader meaning of 車 as 'wheeled vehicle'.