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mini-shinkansen

mini-shinkansen noun: a conventional Japanese rail line which has been upgraded to allow use by shinkansen; generally to allow the continuation of shinkansen services beyond the end of a purpose-built, high-speed line.

Noun

mini-shinkansen (plural mini-shinkansen or mini-shinkansens)

  1. A conventional Japanese rail line which has been upgraded to allow use by shinkansen; generally to allow the continuation of shinkansen services beyond the end of a purpose-built, high-speed line.

Forms of mini-shinkansen

pluralmini-shinkansen
pluralmini-shinkansens

Origin of mini-shinkansen

Borrowed from Japanese ミニ新幹線(しんかんせん) (mini shinkansen). By surface analysis, mini- + shinkansen.

Questions about mini-shinkansen

What does mini-shinkansen mean?
Mini-shinkansen means a conventional Japanese rail line which has been upgraded to allow use by shinkansen; generally to allow the continuation of shinkansen services beyond the end of a purpose-built, high-speed line.
What part of speech is mini-shinkansen?
Mini-shinkansen is a noun.
What is the plural of mini-shinkansen?
The plural of mini-shinkansen is mini-shinkansen.

Words near mini-shinkansen in the dictionary

  1. mini-retirement
  2. mini-retirements
  3. mini-roundabout
  4. mini-roundabouts
  5. mini-series
  6. mini-shinkansen
  7. mini-shinkansens
  8. mini-skirt
  9. mini-skirts
  10. mini-stroke
  11. mini-strokes

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