Transportation - Unso

Japanese: 運送 - うんそう

〘noun〙① To transport or send goods. Transportation. ※Shoku Nihongi - Wadō 2 (709), July 1st, "An order was issued to _transport weapons _{to all} provinces _to _conquer _{the Ainu} _. " ※Western Affairs (1866-70)〈Fukuzawa Yukichi〉First "In the course of 1770, large-scale construction work was carried out in England to open waterways and facilitate transportation." ② To transport or send passengers or goods from one place to another as a business. 〔Nippo Jisho (1603-04)〕※The last phrase (1915)〈Mori Ogai〉"He has a ship that travels to the northern provinces and runs a transportation business." ③ An euphemism for bringing customers for gambling or visiting them to receive and exchange money. ※Love and Love (1898) by Oguri Fuyō, vol. 5 “If you combine the commission for the watch, the extra pay for the transportation , and the allowance from home.”

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 物品を運び送ること。運搬。※続日本紀‐和銅二年（709）七月乙卯「令_三諸国運_二送兵器於出羽柵_一為_レ征_二蝦狄_一也」※西洋事情（1866‐70）〈福沢諭吉〉初「千七百七十年の間に英国内に大土工を起して水道を通し運送を便にし」② 旅客または物品を、業として一定の場所から他の場所へ移し送ること。〔日葡辞書（1603‐04）〕※最後の一句（1915）〈森鴎外〉「北国通ひの船を持ってゐて、〈略〉運送(ウンソウ)の業を営んでゐる」③ 賭博の客を連れてきたり、客のところへ行って金の授受を行なったりすることをいう隠語。※恋慕ながし（1898）〈小栗風葉〉五「見張の歩合と、運送(ウンソウ)の駄賃と、家から給する手当とを合せたならば」

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