High-speed train in Japanese
In Japanese
高速列車
kōsoku ressha
Synonyms: 新幹線
Definition
Definition in EnglishA streamlined train that runs between cities at well over 200 km/h.
Definition in Japanese専用の線路を時速200キロをはるかに超える速さで走り、都市と都市を結ぶ流線形の列車。
Synonyms (English): bullet train
Example sentences
名古屋で新幹線に乗り換えれば、一時間近く早く着くよ。
If we transfer to the high-speed train in Lyon, we'll save almost an hour.
新幹線にはもう二十回くらい乗ってるけど、毎回ぴったり時間通りに出発してる。
Twenty trips on the bullet train, and every single one left right on time.
息子が新幹線に夢中でね、流線形の先頭がカモノハシみたいなんだって。
My son's obsessed with the bullet train — he says its streamlined nose looks like a duck's bill.