bullet train

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English

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Etymology

Calque from Japanese (だん)(がん)(れっ)(しゃ) (dangan ressha).

Noun

bullet train (plural bullet trains)

  1. A Shinkansen train; a Japanese high-speed rail train.
  2. Any high-speed train which resembles such a train.

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