Kanji
Readingふね
Frequency40%
Used in (29 in total)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to board a ship
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
having gone too far to turn back
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
fishing boat; boat-shaped hanging flower vase
departure of a ship (from a port); setting sail; outgoing ship; ship leaving port
(arch.) fast-moving rowboat; type of fast military ship
night boat
tugboat; tug; towboat; tugging (a boat); towing; towage
boat fishing
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
ship of Theseus; Theseus's paradox
belly of a boat
too many cooks spoil the broth; (lit.) too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain
dugout canoe
incoming ship; ship entering port
push boat; pusher craft; towboat
any port will do in a storm; (lit.) when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune
evacuation boat; repatriation ship
roll-on-roll-off ship
touch-me-not (Impatiens textori); jewelweed
Arca avellana (species of ark shell)
winged argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta hians)