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The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle. / (figuratively) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.

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bottleneck

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bottleneck

Noun

figuratively broadly

The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle. / (figuratively) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.

Japanese Meaning

瓶の注ぎ口部分、つまり瓶の首部を指す。 / 比喩的に、交通などにおいて道が狭くなって生じる遅延や詰まりを引き起こす部分を指す。

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She inspected the bottleneck carefully before corking the wine bottle.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は栓をする前にワイン瓶の首を注意深く調べた。

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The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.

Sense（2）

(figuratively) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.

"Permissive" working allows more than one train to be in a block section at one time but trains must be run at low speed in order to stop on sight behind the train in front. Such working is often authorised to allow freight trains to "bunch" together to await a path through a bottleneck instead of being strung out over several block sections, as would be necessary if absolute working were in force.

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