新幹線

See also: 新干线

Chinese
new; newly; meso- (chem.) main line; trunk line
trad. (新幹線) 新 幹線
simp. (新干线) 新 干线

Pronunciation

Noun

新幹線

  1. (Japanese) bullet train; shinkansen

Synonyms

Japanese
新幹線 (shinkansen): a bullet train.

Etymology
Kanji in this term
新 幹 線
しん
Grade: 2		 かん
Grade: 5		 せん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

新 (“new”) +‎ 幹線 (“main line”)

Pronunciation

Noun

新幹線 (hiragana しんかんせん, rōmaji shinkansen)

  1. Japanese super express, bullet train, a line which extremely fast trains run on in Japan; shinkansen
    a replacement for Japan's national railway company's past main lines

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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