Illustration: At a small Japanese suburban station, a commuter train passes through the center track without stopping, its doors closed and seated passengers visible inside. On a platform track beside it, a local train stands with doors open as people board.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

快かい速そく

kaisoku

rapid train

Example sentences

  1. 停車駅ていしゃえきは他たの快速かいそくと同一どういつである。

    The rapid train stops at the same stations at which other rapid trains stop.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 普通列車ふつうれっしゃ、快速かいそく列車れっしゃのみ停車ていしゃ。

    Only local and rapid trains stop at the station.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 当駅とうえきから園部方面そのべほうめんは快速かいそくも各駅かくえきに停車ていしゃする。

    Rapid trains running toward the Sonobe side also stop at all stations after stopping at this station.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 快速

  • 快cheerful; pleasantOnカイKunこころよい
  • 速quick; fastOnソクKunはやい・はや-・はやめる

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