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    3. 牛車

    牛車

    牛ぎゅう車しゃ

    ox carriage (for Heian-era nobles)

    KMT10News #43+1NounTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab11 strokes

    ぎゅうしゃぎっしゃうしぐるま

    Noun

    1.
    ox carriage (for Heian-era nobles), oxcart
    historical term

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    平へい安あん時じ代だいには牛ぎゅう車しゃが使つかわれた。

    Ox carriages were used in the Heian period.

    KMT9HistoryTravel & Transportation
    貴き族ぞくたちは牛ぎゅう車しゃに乗のって移い動どうした。

    Nobles traveled by ox carriage.

    KMT10HistoryTravel & Transportation
    牛ぎゅう車しゃは身み分ぶんの高たかい人ひと々びとの乗のり物ものであり、その装そう飾しょくも豪ごう華かだった。

    Ox carriages were vehicles for high-ranking people, and their decorations were also luxurious.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & Traditions
    京きょう都との時じ代だい祭まつりでは、牛ぎゅう車しゃが再さい現げんされて行ぎょう列れつに参さん加かする。

    In Kyoto's Jidai Matsuri, ox carriages are recreated and participate in the procession.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsTravel & Transportation
    源げん氏じも物のが語たりには、牛ぎゅう車しゃに乗のる貴き族ぞくたちの様よう子すが描えがかれている。

    The Tale of Genji depicts the appearance of nobles riding in ox carriages.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    牛
    うし…(3)
    cow
    車
    くるま…(3)
    car
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