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shinkansens

shinkansens is the plural of shinkansen.

Meaning of shinkansen

Noun

shinkansen (plural shinkansen or shinkansens)

  1. A Japanese high-speed railway line.
  2. A high-speed passenger train which runs on such a line; a bullet train.
    • East Japan Railway Co., known as JR East, this week unveiled its newest luxury shinkansen cars featuring ashiyu, in which passengers can soak their tired feet while speeding through the beautiful, mountainous, hot-spring-rich region.2014 July 2, Yoko Sudo, “Luxury Shinkansen Train to Feature Foot Baths”, in The Wall Street Journal

Questions about shinkansens

What is shinkansens the plural of?
Shinkansens is the plural of shinkansen.

Words near shinkansens in the dictionary

  1. Shinjuku
  2. Shinjō
  3. shink
  4. Shinkali
  5. shinkansen
  6. shinkansens
  7. shinked
  8. shinkeishitsu
  9. Shinkin-ap-Morgan
  10. shinking
  11. Shinkle

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