How many cars on the Shinkansen?

[deadeviltimothy666]

It depends ... on what type of service ....

のぞみ (Nozomi) ..... 16 両 (16 cars)

ひかり (Hikari) ........ 16 両 (16 cars)

ひかりレールスター (Hikari RailStar) ... 8 両 (8 cars FIXED)

こだま (Kodama) .... 4,6,8,16 cars

For the video above, it should be 16 cars

[Sian103]

十一です・・ね？

[MarikoManga]

十一

[humanbeansprout]

昔の新幹線は弾のような形でしたけど、

いまのはまるでカモのクチバシみたいです。

[AnimeSpartan]

jyu yon

[SurfShopRock]

how do people type in Japanese characters on their comp...does it involve changing scripts for their browser, or is there a plugin or something?

[Selenus]

Do a search for "Microsoft IME" and you'll see one way of doing it. That's what I use, though I don't know much Japanese.

[CamiGurlRox]

you download a japanese ime from the microsoft website

[kasumisman]

cool

[Koroodetto]

このビデオは十一台

The 700 series 十六台　Nozomi, Hikari, and Kodama services on the Tōkaidō and Sanyō Shinkansen lines。

[eotwgirl]

juuniko no kuruma desu ka?

[h1g3k1]

新幹線10台があります

[Wheeeeeeee24]

十一

[ggbrsd]

cool. -_-"

[ClanCSF]

じゅうさんです。Richard さん は どこ で 日本語 を べんきょうしますか。

Hope I got that right, and I appologize if this does a double post.

[GenkiJapanNet]

居酒屋

[DarkCrow1303]

jû ni?

[Chaorya]

juu go

[UzumakiRasengan1]

I could barely count the train cause it was going so fast so I counted those rectangular lights instead. I'm guessing there's one on each train.

I also couldn't see the last part but I'll say either

ju-ichu (eleven) or ju-ni (twelve).

By the way...

Those platforms are sooo clean!!

Not like here in NYC where some people are filthy.

Japan>NYC in cleanliness and almost everything else.

[JochenSteig]

十二ですね？

[xxHartBrokenxx]

jyu roku :D ?

[7ElementzHeroes]

Thats a tough one, i couldn't see where they started of ended, ill watch again!

[tylerzchance]

jyu san i think idk.

[Webbmaster33]

in japanese......hmm......let's see......jyu roku?...damn my japanese sucks :D

[KiCostipation]

D8 So fast

[HokageLeafVillage]

okay as far as we could see eleven i think.

[bernardirs]

The N700 has 16.

[HongsiquanWingDing]

I wanna say, 14 cause I remember seeing the numbers on the floor go up to 14.

[9KiraKira3]

Doesn't Ju Ichi mean 11? wait..... 91???

Yeah, cuz Ju means 9 right?! DAM ME!

I'm pretty sure it's 91.

If I'm wrong, I give you permission to throw me in front of the train. :]

Er, is it just 9? So confused...

[playthatfm]

juu ichi means 11..

juu is 10..

91 is kyuu juu ichi..

[playthatfm]

juu ichi is 11..

juu is 10..

kyuu juu ichi is 91...:)

we are all learning..

learn from your mistakes..:)

[OrangePixieDustx1677]

ju is ten?

kyu is 9?

:S

[bazstar23]

juu is 10 :)

kyuu is 9

[arismucaO]

By the time the last car leaves a station, the first car is already on the next one.

But seriously, I'd say 十二 (11).

[PrimaryConsult]

十二?

What is the counter for cars on a train anyway?

[StrangerCoug]

十六ですか。

[micialicia]

maybe 十二?

[rainyskky]

jyu ichi!

[Vreugdian]

Whoa.

[xRosesandThorns]

えっと十一ですか？そうみたいでも、よりたくさんがありますか？

Please correct me, because I know that's gotta be totally wrong. 笑

[KairiSoraRiku35]

Juu ichi? ^_^

[leviarcanine22]

にじゅうに？？

[topcat4eva]

cool

[BlackPearlBrittany]

Aww i wish i could know what it's saying... AND I WISH I WAS IN JAPAN. That looks sooo cool!!! -dies- 8D

[ToomasKedrov]

so BIG, like WOW O_o?!*

XD arigatoo!

[humanbeansprout]

(つづき)

そもそもの名前は弾丸列車。これ自体、英語の bullet train を訳したものだと聞いたことがあります。

ですので、単に bullet train、或いは、Japanese bullet train "Shinkansen" でよろしいのではないでしょうか。

[humanbeansprout]

今や新幹線は固有名詞となっていますが、

計画段階で「新しい幹線鉄道」を略して「新幹線」と呼ばれたこと­に由来します。

「新幹線計画」は1939年に始まり、当初は「弾丸列車計画」と­呼ばれていました。その後、戦争などの紆余曲折を経て、1969­年に東海道新幹線が開通します。 (つづく)

[narutoUgirl]

ive been on the Shinkansen haha its fast xD

[Swordbladepirate]

十一

そう　です　か？

[Mardolin]

very nice richard ;)

[Kurasutaru]

wow thats alot of cars on that train thing. vancouver has hte skytrains but not liek that thats alot, :)

[dan892k7]

じゅうさん？

Dan, UK

[yokkako]

十二

[nfsmw212121]

thats chinese

that mean 12

[11wildmi]

I typed all that out below just to find out I'm wrong. Dang you Wikipedia. I thought Nihongo didn't use question marks at all, but it turns out its just not always required. Well at least i learned something new today. Even if it was just correcting an error. :P

______________

I can only spot an error, and that is in two of the sentences. The sentences with the question marks were suppose to end in a period. ( the circle things, Idk the official name) But it did end in ka like it was suppose to.

[Valkariepsp]

ju itchi?

[bugg333]

how fast can that thing go? i bet its more enviro-friendly than cars

[ohnzee]

Ju Ichi!!!

@bugg333

I think approximately 200mph... I love traveling on Shinkansen instead of the overnight bus trip..

[MomoNoHanna]

300 kilometers (186 miles) per hour. When they hit 300 they tell you over the speakers. It is awesome!!! You can actually tell the difference in speed coz you can barely see what is outside!!! I have been on one from Tokyo to Kyoto and Tokyo to Osaka. It is awesome!!!

[yahoo91234]

I think jyu

[Cronaldo02]

but eveb tho its spelled jyo we just pronounce it as Ju.. or JEW. lol

[winter4abunny]

Juu-ichi

[MsInsomnia89]

0_0 Geh! It almost seemed as if it'd go on forever, lol

[iliveatseven11]

hassen gohyaku nijusan!!!

[LadyAlyss]

Umm, cool. But I'm still learning kana...

[GenkiJapanNet]

romaji's fine for today!

[LadyAlyss]

I was trying to say I didn't understand the Kanji in your video...I don't understand how that relates to romanji...

[GenkiJapanNet]

Ah, OK. Don't worry about that, the Japanese messages are the homework for the Japanese students learning English!

[NumbFaction]

ju ichi