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Learn Hardcore Japanese: kaisoku - rapid train

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 63
/kaisoku

kaisoku

Word

快速かいそくkaisoku

Meaning

rapid train

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

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Hardcore Japanese

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Usages of kaisoku

この　時間じかん　の　各駅停車かくえきていしゃ　は　空すいて　います　が、　快速かいそく　は　かなり　混こんで　います。kono jikan no kakuekiteisha wa suite imasu ga, kaisoku wa kanari konde imasu.

The local train at this time is not crowded, but the rapid train is quite crowded.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

空港くうこう　へ　行いく　なら、　この　快速かいそく　に　乗のれば　乗のり換かえ　が　少すくない　わけ　だ。kuukou e iku nara, kono kaisoku ni noreba norikae ga sukunai wake da.

If you are going to the airport, taking this rapid train means you have fewer transfers.

朝あさ　は　快速かいそく　より　各駅停車かくえきていしゃ　の　ほう　が　空すいて　いること　が　あります。asa wa kaisoku yori kakuekiteisha no hou ga suite irukoto ga arimasu.

In the morning, local trains are sometimes less crowded than rapid trains.

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