[Translation from Japanese to English ] ph47302 Itasha is a car that is decorated with stickers to the body in th...

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Requested by toshiu at 24 Jan 2014 at 14:35 2282 views
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ph47302

痛車って……?

痛車(いたしゃ)とは、車体に漫画・アニメ・ゲームなどに関連するキャラクターやメーカーのロゴをかたどったステッカーを貼り付けたり、塗装を行うなどして装飾した自動車である。「痛い」という言葉のネガティブイメージに違和感を抱き、あえて「萌車(もえしゃ)」と呼ぶ人もいる。見るに堪えない(「痛い」・「痛々しい」)車という意味に加え、奇抜なデザインが特徴である「イタ車(イタリア車)」との、いわゆる「語呂合わせ」でもある。

What is "Itasha....?

Itasha is a car which is decorated with characters on manga, anime and game or put stickers made in maker's logo or painted.
Some people call it "Moesha" because they feel uneasy with the word "ITAI, painful" as it has negative image.
”Itasha” is so-called play on words linking a car which is hard to loos "Itai. pain or pitiful" and a Italian car which has an unusual desigh.

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