N292/1725

新しん幹かん線せん

nounnoun (generic)

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しんかんせん

Meanings

Shinkansen, bullet train

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Example sentences

新幹線しんかんせんで東京とうきょうから大阪おおさかまで約やく2時間じかん半はんかかります。

It takes about two and a half hours from Tokyo to Osaka by Shinkansen.

出張しゅっちょうのため、新幹線しんかんせんの指定席していせきを予約よやくした。

I reserved a reserved seat on the Shinkansen for a business trip.

新幹線しんかんせんは時間じかんに正確せいかくなことで世界的せかいてきに有名ゆうめいだ。

The Shinkansen is world-famous for its punctuality.

悪天候あくてんこうにより、新幹線しんかんせんの運行うんこうが一時いちじ停止ていしされた。

Due to bad weather, Shinkansen operations were temporarily suspended.

初はじめて新幹線しんかんせんに乗のったとき、そのスピードに驚おどろいた。

When I rode the Shinkansen for the first time, I was amazed by its speed.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)