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Bullet train

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A Shinkansen train; a Japanese high-speed rail train.
  2. 2
    a high-speed passenger train wordnet
  3. 3
    Any high-speed train which resembles such a train.

Etymology

Calque from Japanese 弾(だん)丸(がん)列(れっ)車(しゃ) (dangan ressha).

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