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本線ほんせん (honsen)

main line; trunk line

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Meaning

本線 (ほんせん, honsen) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “main line; trunk line”.

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Example sentences 3

高速こうそくの側そく道どうから本線ほんせんに入はいった

I merged onto the main line from the expressway side road.

そこを東海道本線・阪急京都本線が貫く。

The Tokaido Main Line and the Hankyu Kyoto Main Line run across the city.

同年1月23日までに京都本線、宝塚本線、神戸本線の一部などで運転再開。

By January 23 of the same year, the Kyoto Line, Takarazuka Line and a part of the Kobe Line restarted their operations.

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