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快速 (かいそく, kaisoku) Japanese meaning: high speed | Kotomora
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A new high-speed vessel has gone into service.
A high-speed communications environment is in place.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 行ゆ きの 快かい 速そく the rapid train bound for 〈place〉
I got on the rapid train bound for Shinjuku.
快かい 速そく に 乗の る to get on a rapid-service train
If you get on the next rapid train, you'll arrive faster.
快かい 速そく で 行い く to go by rapid train
I plan to go to Osaka by rapid train.
快かい 速そく が 止と まる for a rapid train to stop (at a station)
The rapid train doesn't stop at this station.
Kanji 快 cheerful, pleasant, agreeable Related words 高速 is the broader, more technical term for high speed used across many domains, while 快速 more often describes smooth, brisk movement or is a fixed train category.
急行 is an express train that usually skips more stops than a 快速, making it a faster but related train category.
速い is the everyday adjective for something being fast, whereas 快速 is a noun/の-adjective that sounds more written or descriptive.
特急 is a limited express, typically faster and more premium than a 快速 train.
快速 describes high speed in general, often for vehicles or movement, whereas 俊足 specifically refers to a person's or animal's fast running.
Opposites 低速 means low speed, the direct opposite of 快速's sense of swift, rapid movement.
各駅停車 stops at every station, the opposite of 快速, which skips some stations for a quicker trip.
快速 is a rapid train service that skips some stations, while 各駅 (in its local-train sense) stops at every station.
Don't confuse with 快速 is the full word for a rapid train or high speed, while 快 is only its shortened form used inside train service names like 快特.
急行 and 快速 are both faster-than-local train services, but they follow different stopping patterns and 快速 is generally used on commuter lines rather than long-distance routes.
Word family· 9 fast ship; high-speed vessel
allegro
Special Rapid Service; Special Rapid train
rapid-transit train; express train
Etymology A Sino-Japanese kanji compound written with 快, associated here with briskness or pleasant smoothness, and 速, meaning speed. This is a useful component explanation rather than a precise historical derivation.
快速 refers to a rapid train that skips some stations, directly contrasting with 各停 which stops at every station.
Show 4 more rapid limited express; rapid express
rapid-service train; rapid train
special rapid service; special fast train
commuter express; rapid-service commuter train
