itasha

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Slang

"But others have taken to drawing and applying their own itasha decals."
"They claim this is the world's largest gathering of itasha and we have no reason to doubt it (even because, let's face it, such things could only happen in Japan)."
"The larger footprint will also allow for a car show with anime-covered itashas and Fast & Furious-like JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) vehicles; […]"

Borrowed from Japanese 痛(いた)車(しゃ) (itasha, “painful car”), from 痛 (ita, “pain”) + 車 (sha, “vehicle”).

itashas (plural)

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