bullet train

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Noun

bullet train (plural bullet trains)

1. (rail transport) The shinkansen, a high-speed passenger train of Japan. Runs at speeds from 200-300 kilometers per hour.
2. (informal) Suicide by small firearm; see take the bullet train.

   “I should probably take the bullet train, and save her the grief.”

Translations

a Japanese high-speed train

• Arabic: شينكانسن (ar) (shinkansen) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新幹線 (cmn), 新干线 (cmn) (xīngànxiàn), 子彈火車 (cmn), 子弹火车 (cmn) (zǐdàn huǒchē)

• Finnish: luotijuna (fi), shinkansen (fi)
• French: shinkansen (fr) m
• German: Shinkansen (de) m, Hochgeschwindigkeitszug (de) m
• Hebrew: שינקנסן (he)

• Hindi: शिनकानसेन (hi)
• Japanese: 新幹線 (ja) (しんかんせん, shinkansen)
• Korean: 신칸센 (ko) (sinkansen)
• Russian: синкансэн (ru) (sinkansén) m, синкансен (ru) (sinkansén) m, высокоскоростной поезд (ru) (vysokoskorostnój pójezd) m
• Spanish: tren de alta velocidad, shinkansen (es) m
• Vietnamese: shinkansen (vi)

suicide by small firearm