Where does “夜行列車” come from?

夜行列車 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 列車, from Chinese 列車 — train.

夜行列車 (Japanese): night train

Definitions

  1. night train

Ancestry of “夜行列車”, step by step

夜行列車 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 列車

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese列車train
2Chinese列車train

via Japanese 夜行

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese夜行travelling by night; Clipping of 夜行列車; to travel...
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