舟

Meaning

舟 centers on a small watercraft: a boat or ship, typically used for transport across water.

• 箱舟はこぶね

  ark (i.e. Noah's)

• 小舟こぶね

  small boat

• 舟橋ふなばし

  pontoon bridge

• 助け舟たすけぶね

  lifeboat

• 舟形ふながた

  navicular; boat-shaped

• 舟運しゅううん

  transportation by water (e.g. by ship)

• 呉越同舟ごえつどうしゅう

  bitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance; strange bedfellows

• 舟艇しゅうてい

  boat; watercraft

• イカの舟イカのふね

  cuttlebone

• ノアの方舟貝ノアのはこぶねがい

  Noah's ark (Arca noae)

• ノアの箱舟ノアのはこぶね

  Noah's ark

• 上陸用舟艇じょうりくようしゅうてい

  landing craft

• 中流に舟を失えば一壺も千金ちゅうりゅうにふねをうしなえばいっこもせんきん

  any port will do in a storm; when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune

• 丸木舟まるきぶね

  dugout canoe

• 刳り舟くりふね

  dugout canoe

• 刻舟こくしゅう

  not getting with the times; being unaware of how things are changing

• 剣を落として舟を刻むけんをおとしてふねをきざむ

  to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing; to drop one's sword (in the river) and carve (a mark) on the boat (to mark the spot where the sword was dropped)

• 同舟どうしゅう

  shipmates; fellow passengers

• 呑舟どんしゅう

  swallowing a boat whole

• 呑舟の魚どんしゅうのうお

  fish large enough to swallow a whole boat; colossal fish

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