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幹線 (かんせん, kansen) Japanese meaning: main line | Kotomora

幹かん線せん

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

main line; trunk line

Refers to a primary route or artery in transportation (railways, roads) or utility networks (power, water, gas). Often used attributively with の.

この道どう路ろは市しの幹かん線せん道どう路ろです。

This road is a main artery of the city.

幹かん線せん鉄てつ道どうが大おお雪ゆきで止とまった。

The main railway line was stopped by heavy snow.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉と〈場ば所しょ〉を結むすぶ幹かん線せんa trunk line connecting one place with another
この鉄てつ道どうは東とう京きょうと大おお阪さかを結むすぶ幹かん線せんだ。
This railway is the main line connecting Tokyo and Osaka.
幹かん線せんが通とおるfor a main line/trunk route to run through (an area)
この町まちには主しゅ要ような幹かん線せんが通とおっている。
A major trunk route runs through this town.

Kanji

幹tree trunk, main part, talent
線line, track

Related words

本ほん線せんN1
幹線 stresses a route's role as a major artery within a larger network, while 本線 usually names the main line of one specific railway or road system.
大だい動どう脈みゃく
幹線 is the standard word for a main transportation line (rail, road), while 大動脈 uses the same idea metaphorically as 'the vital artery' of a network.

Opposites

支し線せん
幹線 is the main trunk line of a network, whereas 支線 is a branch line that splits off from it.

Don't confuse with

感かん染せんN2
幹線 (main line) and 感染 (infection) are pronounced identically but refer to completely unrelated concepts, so context and kanji are essential.
観かん戦せんN1
幹線 (main line) and 観戦 (watching a game/match) share the same reading かんせん but have nothing to do with each other in meaning.

Counted with

本ほんN5
book; volume; script · this; present; current; in question · main; head; principal · real; genuine; regular; proper · counter for long cylindrical objects; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

Word family

幹かん線せん道どう
main road; arterial road; main thoroughfare
幹かん線せん道どう路ろ
main road; arterial road; thoroughfare
補ほ給きゅう幹かん線せん
main supply route
幹かん線せん結けつ合

Written forms

幹かん線せんUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling for main/trunk lines in transportation and utilities.
カンセンUsage<1%

Etymology

Compound of 幹 (trunk, main part) and 線 (line, route).

ごう

器き

trunk coupling unit; trunk connecting unit; TCU

幹かん線せんケーブル

trunk cable

国こく土ど開かい発はつ幹かん線せん自じ動どう車しゃ道どう

national development arterial expressway