神風タクシー

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神 風
かみ
Grade: 3 		かぜ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 神風(かみかぜ) (kamikaze, “kamikaze”) + タクシー (takushī, “taxi”). First cited to a work from 1960.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かみかぜタクシー [kàmíkázé táꜜkùshìì] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [ka̠mʲika̠ze̞ ta̠kɯ̟̊ɕiː]

Noun

神(かみ)風(かぜ)タクシー • (kamikaze takushī) 

  1. (dated slang) [from 1960] A taxi that drives at a high speed and in a reckless manner that may cause accidents.

References

  1. ^ “神風タクシー”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  2. ^ “神風タクシー”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
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