JLPT N2 · Noun

新幹線 (shinkansen)

新幹線 (しんかんせん, shinkansen) is a Japanese noun meaning “Shinkansen; bullet train”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しんかんせん
Romaji: shinkansen
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

Shinkansen; bullet train · noun

Example sentences

新しい新幹線の速いこと！

How fast the new Shinkansen goes!

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 新幹線

新

newシン・あたら.しい・あら.た · 13 strokes

幹

tree trunk, main part, talentカン・みき · 13 strokes

線

line, trackセン・すじ · 15 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 新幹線.

新聞しんぶんnewspaper新しいあたらしいnew新聞社しんぶんしゃnewspaper company新鮮しんせんfresh新たあらたnew新興しんこうrising革新かくしんreform新婚しんこんnewly-wed新人しんじんnewcomer新築しんちくnew building新入生しんにゅうせいnew student幹みきtree trunk幹線かんせんmain line幹部かんぶmanagement

Source: JMdict entry 1361590 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.