Where does “신칸센” come from?

신칸센 (Korean) comes from Japanese 新幹線, from Japanese 幹線 — main line, trunk line.

신칸센 (Korean): shinkansen

Definitions

  1. shinkansen

Ancestry of “신칸센”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese新幹線Japanese super express, bullet train, a line...
2Japanese幹線main line, trunk line
Every word from Japanese 幹線 →Every word from Japanese 新幹線 →
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