Where does “弾丸列車” come from?

弾丸列車 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 列車, from Chinese 列車 — train.

弾丸列車 (Japanese): bullet train

Definitions

  1. bullet train

Ancestry of “弾丸列車”, step by step

弾丸列車 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 列車

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese列車train
2Chinese列車train

via Japanese 弾丸

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese弾丸bullet
Every word from Chinese 列車 →Every word from Japanese 列車 →