Keyword
boat
Info
FrequencyTop 1900-2000
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig2012
Readings
ぶね
(52%)
ふね
(41%)
ふな
(3%)
Used in kanji (20 in total)
ship
warship
as any other
navigation
Used in vocabulary (102 in total)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
small boat
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
ark (i.e. Noah's)
ark (i.e. Noah's)
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
boat to transport mud; (fictional) boat made of (dried) mud
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
bitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
ferry; ferryboat
ship's bottom; bilge
to take out a boat; to put out a boat
boating; sailing
toy bamboo-leaf boat
pontoon bridge
riverboat; rivercraft
floating boat
having gone too far to turn back
fishing boat; boat-shaped hanging flower vase
boat-wrap sushi
shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors
(arch.) fast-moving rowboat; type of fast military ship
sailor; boatman; passenger
boating; sailing; navigation
having gone too far to turn back
long, thin, roofless small boat (used as a river taxi during the Edo period)
sailor's song; boat song; sea shanty; barcarolle
fishing boat; boat-shaped hanging flower vase
navicular; boat-shaped
sailor's song; boat song; sea shanty; barcarolle
boat; watercraft
sea route; voyage; ocean trip
harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage
transportation by water (e.g. by ship)
small fishing boat; fishing smack
speed of a boat; draft; draught
shipmates; fellow passengers
boat race betting ticket
floating boat
skiff; little boat
solitary boat
light boat; skiff
navicular bone (largest wrist bone on the thumb side); scaphoid (bone)
speed of a boat; draft; draught
shipwright; boatbuilder
harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage
swallowing a boat whole
harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage
straw boat for one's ancestral spirits to sail in
boating; sailing
papyrus boat
dugout canoe
boat festival; festival with portable shrines carried on boats
dragon boat (long 22-person canoe used for racing)
dugout canoe
wooden transport ship used on Lake Biwa; vessel made from logs, e.g. large dugout canoe
papyrus boat
tugboat; tug; towboat; tugging (a boat); towing; towage
fish large enough to swallow a whole boat; colossal fish; great man; notorious man
not getting with the times; being unaware of how things are changing
fish large enough to swallow a whole boat; colossal fish; great man; notorious man
going downstream in a boat
side or bottom of a ship; ship's hold; bottoms; shipping; tonnage; freight space
tugboat; tug; towboat; tugging (a boat); towing; towage
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
boat festival; festival with portable shrines carried on boats
swallowing a boat whole
dragon boat (long 22-person canoe used for racing)
touch-me-not (Impatiens textori); jewelweed
navicular disease; navicular syndrome
boat-shaped; scaphoid
the law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through; the long arm of the law doesn't reach everywhere; (lit.) fishes big enough to eat boats aren't caught by the net
the law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through; the long arm of the law doesn't reach everywhere; (lit.) fishes big enough to eat boats aren't caught by the net
kanji "boat" radical at left
unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)
planking (on a wooden ship)
wharf; quay; dock
plank raft; display stand for seafood (Edo period)
any port will do in a storm; (lit.) when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune
to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing
to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing
to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing
ox-palate nerite (Nerita albicilla); blotched nerite
ox-palate nerite (Nerita albicilla); blotched nerite
Arca avellana (species of ark shell)
Bostrycapulus gravispinosus (species of spiny slipper snail)
Fuegian steamer duck (Tachyeres pteneres); Magellanic flightless steamer duck
Falkland steamer duck (Tachyeres brachypterus)
Examples (6 in total)
We made much effort to build the boat.
The boat is lost.
His boat has been at sea for two hours.