taxicab
Obsolete term for a taxi, used in early 20th-century Japan. Replaced by タクシー in modern Japanese.
See also: タクシー
In the Taisho era, taxicabs (辻自動車) ran through the streets.
Modern standard word for taxi. 辻自動車 is its obsolete predecessor.
Compound of 辻 (tsuji, 'crossroads') and 自動車 (jidōsha, 'automobile'), literally 'crossroads automobile'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it was used in early 20th-century Japan before being replaced by the loanword タクシー.