新幹線

しんかんせん

Shinkansen, "Bullet Train

What does 新幹線 mean?

新幹線 is a Japanese noun meaning Shinkansen, "Bullet Train in English. It is written as 新幹線 in kanji, しんかんせん in hiragana, and shinkansen in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

新しい新幹線の速いこと!

How fast the new Shinkansen goes!