線(せん)

せん

suffix, noun

line; route; wire

transportation geography

1. line; route

A line, route, or path; also used as a suffix for railway lines and geographic lines.

経度(けいど)0度(ど)の線(せん)は本初(ほんしょ)子午(しご)線(せん)と呼(よ)ばれる。

The line at 0 degrees longitude is called the prime meridian.

山手(やまのて)線(せん)に乗(の)る。

I take the Yamanote Line.

2. wire; cable

A wire or cable; also used as a suffix for wires and cables.

電話(でんわ)線(せん)が切(き)れた。

The phone line was cut.

線(せん) means a line. As a suffix it names railway lines, geographic lines, and wires and cables.

Common collocations

線(せん)を引(ひ)く: to draw a line
線(せん)を越(こ)える: to cross a line (also figurative: to go too far)

COMPOUNDS (lines and routes):

山手(やまのて)線(せん): Yamanote Line
中央(ちゅうおう)線(せん): Chuo Line
新幹(しんかん)線(せん): Shinkansen (bullet train)
本初(ほんしょ)子午(しご)線(せん): prime meridian
国境(こっきょう)線(せん): border line

COMPOUNDS (wires and cables):

電話(でんわ)線(せん): telephone line
電(でん)線(せん): electric wire
光(ひかり)ファイバー線(せん): fiber optic cable
送電(そうでん)線(せん): transmission line

COMPOUNDS (other):

general

Added 2026.2.4 12:55 · Revised 2026.10.5 22:10

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