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bullet train

noun

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. A Shinkansen train

    A Shinkansen train; a Japanese high-speed rail train.

  2. Any high-speed train which resembles such a train.

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