Where does “痛車” come from?

痛車 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 車, from Middle Chinese 車 — cart, vehicle.

痛車 (Japanese): a vehicle decorated with images of fictional...

Definitions

  1. a vehicle decorated with images of fictional...

Ancestry of “痛車”, step by step

痛車 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesea car, an automobile, a carriage, a cart; a...
2Middle Chinesecart, vehicle

via Japanese 痛い

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese痛いpainful; イタい cringy; embarrassing
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