自転車|じてんしゃjitensha[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounbicycle; bike
   ケンは自転車じてんしゃを白しろく塗ぬりました。↗

   Ken painted his bicycle white.

• SynonymサイクルNeutralLoanword that on its own means a cycle or period; for bicycles it appears in compounds like 「サイクリング」 and 「レンタサイクル」.
• SynonymチャリンコCasualSlang for a bicycle, associated with Kansai and young people; an older sense is a child pickpocket.
• SynonymチャリCasualShort for 「チャリンコ」; the casual term young people use most.
• Related銀輪ぎんりんWrittenWritten, elegant word for a bicycle, evoking its silver wheels; mostly seen in newspaper headlines.

Use 「自転車」 by default. In casual speech, 「チャリ」 and 「チャリンコ」 are common among young people. 「サイクル」 alone means a cycle; for bicycles it appears in compounds like 「レンタサイクル」. 「銀輪」 is a written, elegant word seen in headlines.

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1. 乗のる人ひとが自分じぶんでペダルを踏ふみ車輪しゃりんを回転かいてんさせて走はしる乗り物のりもの。一般いっぱんには二輪車にりんしゃを言ゆう。