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shinkansen.

A Japanese high-speed railway line.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A Japanese high-speed railway line.

  2. A high-speed passenger train which runs on such a line; a bullet train.

Where this word comes from

From Japanese 新(しん)幹(かん)線(せん) (shinkansen, literally “new trunk line”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.