noun
Kodama (Shinkansen service)
The slowest Shinkansen service on the Tōkaidō and Sanyō lines, stopping at all stations. Contrast with ひかり (Hikari) and のぞみ (Nozomi).
東京から名古屋までこだまで行くと、各駅に停まるので時間がかかる。
If you take the Kodama from Tokyo to Nagoya, it takes time because it stops at every station.