超特急
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 超 | 特 | 急 |
| ちょう Grade: S |
とく > とっ Grade: 4 |
きゅう Grade: 3 |
| on’yomi | ||
Noun[edit]
- super express (very rapid transportation, particularly of trains)
Usage notes[edit]
Used until 1972 for the Hikari service (fastest service at time) on the shinkansen, the Japanese term has been retired – all shinkansen service is officially 特急 – but the English translation “super express” is used in English-language shinkansen announcements.
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 超 read as ちょう
- Japanese terms spelled with 特 read as とく
- Japanese terms spelled with 急 read as きゅう
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with three Han script characters
- ja:Rail transportation