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線
line · strip · track · wire
N3On: せん
Memory Aid
Imagine a long 'thread' (糸) stretching out, as if flowing like a 'spring' (泉) of water, forming a continuous LINE.
Vocabulary
直線ちょくせんstraight line
路線ろせんroute, line (e.g., railway line)
電線でんせんelectric wire
線路せんろrailway track
新幹線しんかんせんShinkansen, bullet train
Example Sentences
この線はまっすぐだ。
This line is straight.
電車が線路の上を走っています。
The train is running on the tracks.
電話の線が切れてしまった。
The telephone wire has snapped.
新幹線で東京へ行きます。
I will go to Tokyo by Shinkansen.