bullet train
nounEtymology Calque from Japanese 弾(だん)丸(がん)列(れっ)車(しゃ) (dangan ressha).
1
A Shinkansen train; a Japanese high-speed rail train.
2
Any high-speed train which resembles such a train.
- Related terms
- bullet-nose
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