車酔(くるまよ)い

くるまよい
noun
carsickness; motion sickness (in a car)
transportation
1. carsickness; getting sick from riding in a car
Nausea and dizziness caused by the motion of a car. The verb form 車酔(くるまよ)いする means "to get carsick."
子供(こども)が車酔(くるまよ)いした。
The child got carsick.
車酔(くるまよ)いしやすいので、薬(くすり)を飲(の)んでおく。
I get carsick easily, so I take medicine beforehand.
山道(やまみち)のカーブが多(おお)くて、車酔(くるまよ)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(よ)い:

Common collocations

  • 車酔(くるまよ)いしやすい (prone to carsickness)
  • 車酔(くるまよ)い止(ど)め (carsickness medicine)
  • 車酔(くるまよ)いの薬(くすり) (medicine for carsickness)

Tip: To say "I get carsick easily," say 車酔(くるまよ)いしやすい (not 車酔(くるまよ)いがしやすい).

Related Words

Related: 乗(の)り物酔(ものよ)い (motion sickness (general))
Related: 酔(よ)う (to get drunk/sick)
Compare: 船酔(ふなよ)い (seasickness)
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Added 2026.3.3 18:49 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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