1.
carsickness; getting sick from riding in a car
Nausea and dizziness caused by the motion of a car. The verb form 車酔いする means "to get carsick."
子供が車酔いした。
The child got carsick.
車酔いしやすいので、薬を飲んでおく。
I get carsick easily, so I take medicine beforehand.
山道のカーブが多くて、車酔いしてしまった。
There were so many curves on the mountain road that I got carsick.
Part of a family of motion sickness compounds using ~酔い:
- 車酔い (carsickness)
- 船酔い (seasickness)
- 飛行機酔い (airsickness)
- 乗り物酔い (motion sickness — general term)
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 車酔いしやすい (prone to carsickness)
- 車酔い止め (carsickness medicine)
- 車酔いの薬 (medicine for carsickness)
TIP: To say "I get carsick easily," say 車酔いしやすい (not 車酔いがしやすい).