ふね
Meanings
Noun
1. ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; seaplane
舟 is often small and hand-propelled
2. tank; tub; vat; trough
Counter
Suffix
3. counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
Kanji used
ship
Pitch accent
Top 1700
Used in vocabulary (27 in total)
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
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
ship of Theseus; Theseus's paradox
belly of a boat
fishing boat; boat-shaped hanging flower vase
too many cooks spoil the broth; (lit.) too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain
too many cooks spoil the broth; (lit.) too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain
tugboat; tug; towboat; tugging (a boat); towing; towage
incoming ship; ship entering port
incoming ship; ship entering port
push boat; pusher craft; towboat
dugout canoe
evacuation boat; repatriation ship
evacuation boat; repatriation ship
roll-on-roll-off ship
Examples (131 in total)
The ship is called "Lost Ship."
I know a lot about ships.
The ship is sailing to the west.