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火の車

noun

Synonym of 火車 (kasha, “a fiery chariot that brings sinners to hell”) / being poor, short of money, in straitened circumstances

彼の生活はまさに火の車だ。

His life is just like a burning chariot.

意味（1）

Synonym of 火車 (kasha, “a fiery chariot that brings sinners to hell”)

意味（2）

being poor, short of money, in straitened circumstances

「四方屋(よもや)はこんな大(おほ)きな屋臺(やたい)を拵(こしら)へて居(ゐ)る癖(くせ)に、内輪(うちわ)は火(ひ)の車(くるま)で、三四年(さんよねん)の間(あひだ)に身代限(しんだいかぎ)りをするだらうと、世間(せけん)の評判(ひやうばん)になつたが――」

“Yomoya wa konna ōkina yatai o koshiraete iru kuse ni, uchiwa wa hi no kuruma de, san yonen no aida ni shindai kagiri o suru darō to, seken no hyōban ni natta ga――”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.