ドクターイエロー

noun

Doctor Yellow; Shinkansen inspection train

A dedicated high-speed test train used to monitor track and overhead wire conditions on the Shinkansen network. The name is a wasei-eigo term derived from 'doctor' (diagnostic) and its yellow livery.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from doctor yellow

• ドクターイエローを見みると幸しあわせになれると言いわれている。

  It is said that seeing Doctor Yellow brings happiness.

• ドクターイエローは線せん路ろのゆがみを測そく定ていする。

  Doctor Yellow measures track irregularities.