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新しい新幹線の速いこと!

Sentence Analyzer

新しい 新幹線 速い こと

English Translation

How fast the new Shinkansen goes!

Furigana

(あたら)しい新幹線(しんかんせん)(はや)いこと!

Romanji

Atarashii shinkansen no hayai koto!

Words

新しい (あたらしい)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
新幹線 (しんかんせん)
Shinkansen; bullet train
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
早い (はやい)
fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

Kanji

Readings: シン、 あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
Meaning: new
Readings: カン、 みき
Meaning: tree trunk
Readings: セン、 すじ
Meanings: line, track
Readings: ソク、 はや.い、 はや-、 はや.める、 すみ.やか
Meanings: quick, fast