Overhead wire in Japanese
In Japanese
架線
kasen
Definition
Definition in EnglishAn electrical conductor suspended above railway tracks that supplies power to a train through a collector touching it.
Definition in Japanese線路の上に張られ、パンタグラフなどを通じて電車に電気を送る電線。
Example sentences
夜通し架線を直して、今朝からやっと電車が動き始めたんだって。
Workers repaired the overhead wire overnight, and services resumed this morning.
駅の近くで架線が切れて垂れ下がってるせいで、電車が遅れてるんだって。
Services are delayed because an overhead wire has come down near the station.