引ひき込こみ線せん

ひ

き

こ

み

せ

ん

Meanings

1

noun

siding; service line; service wire

Refers to a short branch track for loading/unloading or storing railcars, or to a utility connection line (electricity, telecommunications) running from a main line to a building.

工こう場じょうの引ひき込こみ線せんに貨か車しゃが停とまっている。
A freight car is stopped on the factory siding.
電でん柱ちゅうから

家いえ

まで

の

引ひ

き

込こ

み

線せん

の

工こう

事じ

が

終お

わっ

た

。

The work on the service line from the utility pole to the house is finished.

Written forms

引ひき込こみ線せん
Standard kanji spelling with okurigana; preferred in news and formal contexts.
引ひき込こみ線せん
Variant with reduced okurigana; less common but still seen.
引ひき込こみ線せん
Abbreviated kanji form without okurigana; mostly found in older or technical documents.

Kanji

引pull, tug, jerk
込crowded, mixture, in bulk
線line, track

Similar words

側そく線せん
側線 is a general railway siding, while 引き込み線 often implies a spur leading into a specific facility or a utility service line.
引ひき込こみ線せん
Same word, but written with less okurigana; see written forms above.

Etymology

Compound of 引き込み (pulling in, drawing in) + 線 (line). The term originally described a track or wire that is 'drawn in' to a building or site.