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上越新幹線 (じょうえつしんかんせん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

上じょう越えつ新しん幹かん線せん

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Meanings

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noun

Jōetsu Shinkansen

service

The name of a high-speed Shinkansen line connecting Tokyo and Niigata via the Jōetsu region.

上じょう越えつ新しん幹かん線せんで新にい潟がたまで行いきます。
I will go to Niigata by the Jōetsu Shinkansen.

Kanji

above, up

越surpass, cross over, move to

新new

幹tree trunk, main part, talent

線line, track

Etymology

Compound of 上越 (Jōetsu, the region name) and 新幹線 (Shinkansen, bullet train).