火か車しゃ

noun

fiery chariot

Buddhist term for a chariot engulfed in flames, often carrying sinners to hell or used in hell-related imagery.

• 地じ獄ごく絵えには、罪ざい人にんを乗のせた火か車しゃが描えがかれている。

  In hell paintings, a fiery chariot carrying sinners is depicted.

noun

kasha (mythical beast)

A mythical creature in Japanese folklore, often depicted as a flaming cart or beast that steals corpses or the souls of the wicked.

• 昔むかし話ばなしでは、悪わるいことをした人ひとの葬そう式しきに火か車しゃが現あらわれるという。

  In old tales, a kasha is said to appear at the funeral of a person who did evil deeds.

noun

steam locomotive (in China)

Historical term used in China for steam trains; not used for modern Japanese trains.

• 中ちゅう国ごくではかつて蒸じょう気き機き関かん車しゃを火か車しゃと呼よんだ。

  In China, steam locomotives were once called 火車.

noun

vile old hag

Archaic abbreviation of 火車婆; a derogatory term for a wicked old woman.

See also: 火車婆

• 「火か車しゃ婆ばば」を略りゃくして、意い地じの悪わるい老ろう婆ばを火か車しゃと呼よぶことがあった。

  Abbreviating 火車婆, a mean old woman was sometimes called 火車.