As I’m from the Netherlands, English is not my native language. I’ve never heard of the concept of open taxis, so not even knowing what the translation of 空車 means does not seem very helpful.
I wanted to ask if someone could explain to me the concept! Is it like free taxis? or taxis with an open roof?
Furthermore, as I type くうしゃ my keyboard’s Japanese language tab (no other way to describe it) gives me, other than the kanji suggestion 空車, also this symbol which I’ve seen on my phone:
I’m very curious as to what it stands for, as I don’t think the meaning sky would need a symbol on Whatsapp haha.
Have a great day everyone,
and thanks for the help to those willing to explain !!
ありがと みな ：）
I found it funny when I was watching a let’s play video where the let’s player accidentally read 空スロット as そらスロット (sky slot) and not からスロット (empty slot) when referring to the save slots!
facepalms I find it very difficult to learn the multiple meanings as one is always sufficient to pass the word/kanji. It makes a lot of sense now though, thank you
too bad that the meaning explainations of 空車 only uses sky to explain the meaning open taxi. empty taxi → available taxi would have been more clear. Nevertheless it’s also my bad
Hello!
I’m from Hungary and of course English is not my native language neither. I was wondering about the meaning of this word too. So thank you all the answer. Now it’s clear to me.
That red/green switcheroo is somewhat common in East Asia. For example in the stock market red titles are gaining while green ones are losing value. I suppose red has a more positive connotation than in the West, culturally speaking.
Good to know! So if I send a traffic light coded table to colleagues in Japan, only the amber coloured cells will have the same meaning? We do this a lot at work: green is a go/on time/safe and red is a no/late/unsafe etc… Our minds are so used to these conventions it would be hard to switch/reprogram the brain.
I’ll certainly keep it in mind.
@Luuk01234 sorry for derailing your thread, here’s a kitten:
