And the 'rikisha men, as if satisfied with the success of their efforts, paused to await the starting of the line.
Grabbing the 'rikisha man in front of me, I told him by word and gesture to get out of the line of the procession.
The 'rikisha was invented by a Methodist missionary some thirty years ago and at once sprang into popularity.
Before I knew it, I was whisked past an escort of distinguished citizens who, clad in Prince Alberts and silk hats, followed the carriages, and then I found my 'rikisha drawn into an open space between two carriages.
The footwear above described comes down from time immemorial, but there is coming into use among the 'rikisha men a modern kind of footwear which is a compromise between the new and the old.
The trip each way occupied about four hours; each 'rikisha had two pushers and the men had three hours rest at noon.
He then left me and the 'rikisha men followed his instructions to the letter.
He was kind enough to find me a 'rikisha man and a pusher and to instruct them to take me at once to Uyeno Park.
How glad I was to alight, and how willingly I rewarded the smiles of the 'rikisha men with a bonus--for had they not done their duty as they understood it?
One of the governors informed me that 'rikisha men sometimes cover seventy-five miles of level road in a day.
The natural result was that the 'rikisha man bolted and the 'rikisha tilted backwards, to the discomfort of the fool riding in it.
I then hired a rikisha and arrived at the middle school, but school was already over and nobody was there.
According to Red Shirt, one has to make an all-day ride in a wagonette to Miyazaki, after he had left the vessel, and from Miyazaki another all-day ride in a rikisha to Nobeoka.
When I went to see the Daibutsu at Kamakura, haying wrapped up myself from head to toe with a blanket, a rikisha man addressed me as "Gov'ner.
The Rikisha men are not so heavily molded, being of much slighter build, but they are also full of muscle, though not so prodigally developed [as with the class of laborers before referred to].
This Rikisha man keeps up a pace like a deer, his body generally bare to the sun, being guiltless of clothing that could inconvenience the free movement of the body or limbs.
I have a team ofrikisha coolies at your gate," I said.
I must have a rikisha man with a wife and children," and I walked away, leaving Ushi standing there, sadly watching an all day's job go glimmering.
I was born and bred in the city of Kioto, and have been engaging in the job of Rikisha for these twenty years, and my family is consisting of my wife and three children.
When a shipload of passengers get off at Yokohama, there is joy among the rikisha boys, and the passengers who are getting their first ride in a rikisha have an experience they will never forget.
Say "man, man" to your rikisha coolie when you leave him and you'll find him right there waiting for you when you come back.
Illustration: But Ushi's card had pulled a customer] He took from under the seat of his rikisha a green bag, such as lawyers in the United States used to carry.
We can reach it by trolleys and walking, with an occasional rikisha ride between trolley lines, better than to try to do it all by rikisha from here.
The charge is only two and one-half cents for a ride, but it costs ten cents for a rikisha boy to take you to the car.
And he ordered me to repeat the conversation between the guest and the rikisha man.
The rikisha man, who sat near and was watching the dead, said in his vulgar tone: 'Not a drunkard, but a Buddha!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rikisha" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
