shinkansen

English

Etymology

From Japanese 新幹線 (shinkansen しんかんせん), from Middle Chinese 新 (sin "new") + 幹 (kàn "trunk", "body") + 線 (sjèn "line").

Noun

shinkansen (plural shinkansen)

  1. (Japan, rail transport) A Japanese high-speed passenger train; bullet train

Translations
bullet train — see bullet train

Japanese

Romanization

shinkansen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of しんかんせん
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