幹線

かんせん · kansen · JLPT N1 · noun

main line

🌳 幹 (trunk, tree's main stem) + 線 (line) = the trunk line everything branches off

幹 is the trunk or main stem of a tree, and 線 is a line. A 幹線 is the main trunk line that smaller branch lines feed into.

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