JLPT N1 · Noun

沿線 (ensen)

沿線 (えんせん, ensen) is a Japanese noun meaning “places alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: えんせん
Romaji: ensen
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

places alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc. · noun, noun taking の

Example sentences

入学式も終わりました。同じ沿線の大学です。

I've already had the entrance ceremony. It's a university alongside the same railway line.

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

Kanji in 沿線

沿

run alongside, follow along, run alongエン・そ.う・-ぞ.い · 8 strokes

線

line, trackセン・すじ · 15 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 沿線.

沿うそうto run along沿岸えんがんcoast線せんline地平線ちへいせんhorizon (related to land)曲線きょくせんcurve光線こうせんray (of light)線路せんろrailway track脱線だっせんderailment直線ちょくせんstraight line内線ないせんphone extension新幹線しんかんせんShinkansen水平線すいへいせんhorizon (related to bodies of water)下線かせんunderline幹線かんせんmain line

Source: JMdict entry 1176750 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.