運転手

Japanese

Kanji in this term
運	転	手
うん Grade: 3	てん Grade: 3	しゅ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
運轉手 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うんてんしゅ [ùńtéꜜǹshù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟̃ntẽ̞ɰ̃ɕɨ]

Noun

運(うん)転(てん)手(しゅ) • (untenshu) 

1. A professional driver of a train or an automobile such as a taxi or a bus; a chauffeur

Synonyms

• 運転士(うんてんし) (untenshi) (train or taxi driver)
• 運転者(うんてんしゃ) (untensha) (bus driver)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

• Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN