roller coaster

Japanese: roller coaster(英語表記)rollercoaster
roller coaster

...A type of amusement machine that pulls a vehicle up an inclined rail and then drops it down at a rapid speed. In the United States, it is called a roller coaster. It is said to have originated in the Imperial Russian era, when a wooden mountain-shaped slide was built in the suburbs of what is now Leningrad.

*Some terminology that mentions "roller coaster" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…傾斜をつけたレールに車両を引き上げ,急速度で下降させる遊戯機械。アメリカではローラーコースターroller coasterと呼ばれる。起源は帝制ロシア時代,現在のレニングラード郊外につくられた木造の山形のすべり台によるそり遊びといわれる。…

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