新幹線

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Japanese [edit]

Kanji in this term

Etymology [edit]

 (new) +‎ 幹線 (main line)

Noun [edit]

新幹線 (hiragana しんかんせん, romaji 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

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Mandarin [edit]

simpl. 新干线
trad. 幹線

Noun [edit]

新幹線 (traditional, Pinyin xīn gànxiàn, simplified 新干线)

  1. bullet train; shinkansen

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