火の車 の意味 | Babel Free

定義

1. synonym of 火車 (kasha, “a fiery chariot that brings sinners to hell”)
2. being poor, short of money, in straitened circumstances

例文

“「四方屋はこんな大きな屋臺を拵へて居る癖に、内輪は火の車で、三四年の間に身代限りをするだらうと、世間の評判になつたが――」”

The Yomoya house has built itself such a large storefront, but in truth they are in straitened circumstances, and the rumor was that they would go bankrupt in three or four years.

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