(in Japan) a railway system carrying high-speed passenger trains:Shinkansen was generally welcomed by the public [count noun]:Tanaka built a Shinkansen from Tokyo to the Sea of Japan
a train operating on the Shinkansen railway system:Shinkansen are fast, regular, and reliablethe campus is located northwest of Tokyo, 1 hour and 40 minutes by Shinkansen
Origin:
Japanese, from shin 'new' + kansen 'main line'
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Definition of Shinkansen in the US English dictionary
