Fire engine - Kasha

Japanese: 火車 - かしゃ

〘Noun〙① Buddhist term. A burning fiery chariot. It is said to carry criminals who committed evil deeds in life to hell. It is also a fiery chariot that carries and tortures criminals in hell. ※Hyakuza Hodan (1110), leap year 7th month, 8th "As the fiery chariot of hell approaches" ※Daikanhon Noh play, Aya-tsuzumi (late Muromachi period), "They say the fiery chariot tortures the body and breaks bones" [Mahaprajnaparamita-ron, 14]② A term used to describe the sudden wind and rain that sometimes blows the coffin away during a funeral, which is seen as the work of a kind of supernatural spirit. ※Ukiyo-zoshi, Honcho Sakurain-Hibito (1689), vol. 1: "If he dies at any moment, people will say that he will be seized by a fire _engine ." ※Jusho- tei Honsho-komoku Keimo (1847), vol. 47: "At the time of the funeral, a strong wind, thunder, and storm came while the coffin was being laid, but the coffin was not damaged, and the corpse was taken and placed on a tree branch, rock, or stone in the mountains. This is called Kuhasha." ③ Abbreviation of "Kasha Baba (fire engine old woman)." ※Onna Juho-ki (Genroku 5th year) (1692), vol. 1: "In the lower classes, they are called mountain gods by their husbands and _kuhasha by people. " ④ (from Chinese) Train. ※Jiyu-no-Ri (1872), translated by Nakamura Masanao, vol. 3: "In general, fire engines, ships, telegraphs, etc. are matters of civilization and self-cultivation."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 仏語。火の燃えている車。生前、悪事を犯した罪人を乗せて地獄に運ぶという。また、地獄で罪人を乗せて責める火の車。※百座法談（1110）閏七月八日「地獄の火車むかへにえつれば」※大観本謡曲・綾鼓（室町末）「身を責め骨を砕く火車の責といふとも」〔大智度論‐一四〕② 葬送の時に、にわかに風雨が起こって、棺を吹き飛ばすことがあるのを一種の妖怪の仕業とみていう語。※浮世草子・本朝桜陰比事（1689）一「今にも死(しな)れたらば火車(ク_ハシャ)のつかみ物と、人の取沙汰」※重訂本草綱目啓蒙（1847）四七「葬送の時塗中にて疾風迅雷暴に至りて棺は損ぜずして中の屍を取去山中の樹枝巖石等に掛置ことありこれをくはしゃと云」③ 「かしゃばば（火車婆）」の略。※女重宝記（元祿五年）（1692）一「下ざまにては、夫には山の神といわれ、人には火車(ク_ハシャ)とよばるるたぐひををし」④ (中国語から) 汽車。※自由之理（1872）〈中村正直訳〉三「凡そ火車火船電信等、開化修養の事にて」

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