Japanese

Noun

山車 ‎(hiragana だし, romaji dashi, alternative reading だんじり, romaji danjiri)

1. A float; a vehicle used in a festival.

Etymology 2

Noun

山車 ‎(katakana ヤマグルマ, romaji yamaguruma)

1. 　wheel tree, Trochodendron aralioides

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts.