"在来線" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [d͡za̠iɾa̠isẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 在来線 [canonical] (ruby: 在(ざい), 来(らい), 線(せん)), zairaisen [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 在来(ざいらい) (zairai, “preexisting”) + 線(せん) (sen, “line”). Originally, this referred to any existing line when a new line was built that served roughly the same area. While this meaning persists, with the advent of the shinkansen, the term gained a meaning in certain contexts to refer to the conventional railway lines as opposed to the bullet train lines. Etymology templates: {{com-ja|在来|ざいらい|線|せん|sort=さいらいせん'|t1=preexisting|t2=line}} 在来(ざいらい) (zairai, “preexisting”) + 線(せん) (sen, “line”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ざいらいせん}} 在(ざい)来(らい)線(せん) • (zairaisen)
  1. an older or pre-existing rail line, as opposed to any newer line servicing the same area
    Sense id: en-在来線-ja-noun-YylPjd-p Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
  2. the non-high-speed rail railway lines, the regular train lines as opposed to the shinkansen
    Sense id: en-在来線-ja-noun-f9llnT9c Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Rail transportation Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 30 70
     
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