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煙管乗車

キセル乗車

Reading

Kana: キセルじょうしゃ
Romaji: kiserujōsha
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey (so-called because traditional pipes had metal only in two short segments at the ends)

See also: 煙管乗り

Kanji

Readings: エン、 けむ.る、 けむり、 けむ.い
Meaning: smoke
Readings: カン、 くだ
Meanings: pipe, tube, wind instrument, drunken talk, control, jurisdiction
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 の.る、 -の.り、 の.せる
Meanings: ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car