Translation guide
A lifeboat is a small boat carried on a ship for use in an emergency, or a boat used to rescue people at sea. In Japanese, the most common word is 救命ボート, but other terms exist depending on context.
The small boat kept on a ship or boat for use if the vessel must be abandoned.
The standard term for a lifeboat on a ship. Used in safety drills and emergencies.
Please get into the lifeboat.
The ship was equipped with a sufficient number of lifeboats.
A more formal or technical term, often used in maritime regulations. 艇 means 'boat'.
The lifeboat's capacity is 50 people.
A boat used to rescue people from a sinking ship or from the water, often operated by coast guard or rescue services.
Used metaphorically to describe a person, organization, or thing that saves someone from failure or disaster.
Can also refer to a rescue boat in general, though primarily associated with shipboard lifeboats.
A lifeboat rescued the crew from the sinking ship.
That loan became a lifeboat for the company.