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For pronunciation and definitions of くるま – see the following entry.
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[noun] a car, an automobile, a carriage, a cart
[noun] a wheel, a caster
[noun] something wheel-shaped
[noun] a style of (mon, family crest)
[noun] short for various terms:
[noun] short for 車海老 (kuruma ebi): a prawn
[noun] short for 車懸 (kuruma-gakari): “wheel formation”, a battle tactic where units attack in staged waves in order to prevent the opponent from resting
[noun] short for 肩車 (kata-guruma): riding on one's shoulders, piggyback
[noun] short for 手車 (te-guruma): a handcart, a wheelbarrow
[noun] short for 車座 (kuruma za): sitting in a circle
[noun] (obsolete) during the Edo period, in the red-light district in Ōsaka, a prostitute whose services cost four (monme) and three (bun) (possibly in reference to the cost of a carriage ride)
(This term, くるま (kuruma), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as くるま, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くるま.)

Miyako

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くるま (kuruma

  1. : car, wheel

Okinawan

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Noun

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くるま (kuruma

  1. : car, wheel

Yaeyama

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Noun

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くるま (kuruma

  1. : car, wheel

Yonaguni

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くるま (kuruma

  1. : car, wheel