Illustration: At a Japanese high-speed railway platform, a Shinkansen stands ready for boarding, its long aerodynamic nose extending prominently into view. The streamlined body continues into a row of passenger cars with aligned windows and an open boarding door.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

新しん幹かん線せん

shinkansen

bullet train

Example sentences

新あたらしい新幹線しんかんせんの速はやいこと！
How fast the new Shinkansen goes!
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次つぎの新幹線しんかんせんは９時じちょうどに出でます。
The next Shinkansen train leaves at just nine o’clock.
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博多発はかたはつの新幹線しんかんせんが時間通じかんどおりに到着とうちゃくした。
The Shinkansen from Hakata pulled in just on time.
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Kanji in 新幹線

新newOnシンKunあたらしい・あらた・あら-
幹tree trunk; main partOnカンKunみき
線line; trackOnセンKunすじ

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