"shinkansen" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: shinkansen [plural], shinkansens [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese 新(しん)幹(かん)線(せん) (shinkansen, literally “new trunk line”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|新%幹%線|しん%かん%せん|lit=new trunk line}} 新(しん)幹(かん)線(せん) (shinkansen, literally “new trunk line”) Head templates: {{en-noun|shinkansen|s}} shinkansen (plural shinkansen or shinkansens)
  1. (rail transport) A Japanese high-speed railway line. Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-shinkansen-en-noun-oqj0BF3s Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
  2. (rail transport) A high-speed passenger train which runs on such a line; a bullet train. Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-shinkansen-en-noun-fDWPoqIm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, High-speed rail Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of High-speed rail: 42 58 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mini-shinkansen

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} shinkansen
  1. Rōmaji transcription of しんかんせん Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: しんかんせん

Inflected forms

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