Translation guide
The act, place, or fee for mooring a boat or ship. This guide covers how to express these concepts naturally in Japanese.
A location where a boat is tied up or anchored, such as a dock, pier, or designated mooring area.
General term for a mooring place or berth. Suitable for most contexts.
This port has plenty of moorage for large vessels.
Specifically a place for anchoring or mooring, often used in official or nautical contexts.
I reserved a moorage for the yacht.
Loanword from English 'berth', commonly used in maritime and port contexts.
A mooring area or boat basin, less common in everyday speech.
The action of securing a boat to a fixed object or anchoring it.
The general act of mooring or tying up a vessel. Can be used as a noun or combined with する to form a verb.
Mooring a boat requires ropes.
Anchoring or mooring, often implying a temporary stay. Used for ships staying at a port.
Verb phrase meaning 'to moor a boat'. Natural and commonly used.
He moored the boat to the pier.
The charge for using a mooring spot or dock.
Standard term for mooring fee or berthing charge.
How much is the moorage per night?
Another term for mooring fee, often used in official contexts.
Please pay the moorage fee.
Berth charge, using the loanword バース. Common in marinas.
The moorage at the marina is expensive.
係留 (けいりゅう) generally means tying up to a dock or buoy, while 停泊 (ていはく) can include anchoring. 停泊 is often used for larger vessels staying at a port.
Small boats are moored, and large ships are anchored/berthed.
The cargo ship docked at the berth.
Many fishing boats are moored at the moorage.
その船は港に停泊している。
The ship is at moorage in the harbor.