Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shinkansen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables
shinkansen
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese high-speed railway line.

noun

A high-speed passenger train which runs on such a line; a bullet train.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Japanese 新(しん)幹(かん)線(せん) (shinkansen, literally “new trunk line”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

shinkansens (plural)

Phrases

mini-shinkansen

Questions

What does shinkansen mean?
A Japanese high-speed railway line.
Where does shinkansen come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce shinkansen

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