線

Meaning

線 centers on a long, thin continuous mark or path: a line, a route, or a track. The idea extends naturally to railway lines and drawn lines.

• 線せん
  N4

  line; stripe; stria

• 路線ろせん
  N1

  route (bus, train, air, etc.); line

• 無線むせん
  N1

  radio (communication)

• 新幹線しんかんせん
  N4

  Shinkansen; bullet train

• 放射線ほうしゃせん

  radiation

• 回線かいせん

  circuit; line

• 視線しせん
  N2

  one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look

• 直線ちょくせん
  N2

  straight line

• 線路せんろ
  N3

  railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line

• 前線ぜんせん
  N1

  (weather) front

• 戦線せんせん

  (war) front

• 本線ほんせん
  N1

  main line; trunk line

• 配線はいせん

  wiring

• 一線いっせん

  line

• 車線しゃせん

  traffic lane; road lane

• 赤外線せきがいせん

  infrared rays; infrared radiation

• 最前線さいぜんせん

  front line; forefront

• 沿線えんせん
  N1

  places alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.

• 打線だせん

  batting line-up; batting order

• 曲線きょくせん
  N2

  curve

• 光線こうせん
  N2

  ray (of light); beam; light

• 有線ゆうせん

  wired; cabled

• 紫外線しがいせん
  N1

  ultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation; UV radiation

• 電線でんせん
  N1

  electric line; electric cable; power cable

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