船（ふね）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: ship / boat
Example sentences
- 船に乗って小さな島へ渡った。 — I took a boat to a small island.
- 大きな船が港に入ってきた。 — A large ship came into the harbor.
Idioms & proverbs containing “船”
- 船出 (ふなで) — setting sail; putting out to sea
- 船頭多くして船山に登る (せんどうおおくしてふねやまにのぼる) — too many cooks spoil the broth; too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain
- 南船北馬 (なんせんほくば) — constant travelling; constant traveling; being on the move; restless wandering
- 白河夜船 (しらかわよふね) — being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one)
- 渡りに船 (わたりにふね) — godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
- 船を漕ぐ (ふねをこぐ) — to nod off (while sitting); to doze off; to row a boat
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- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
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