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乗り合い船 (noriaibune) Japanese meaning: ferryboat | Kotomora

乗のり合あい船ぶね

の

り

あ

い

ぶ

ね

Meanings

1

ferryboat; ferry; passenger boat

A boat that carries passengers, often on a regular route. The reading のりあいぶね is standard; のりあいせん is also possible but less common for this sense.

島しまへ渡わたるには乗のり合あい船

ぶね

に

乗の

ら

なけれ

ば

なら

ない

。

To cross to the island, you have to take a ferryboat.

2

shared fishing boat

Only with reading のりあいせん

A fishing boat shared by multiple anglers, typically for a day trip. The reading のりあいせん is especially common for this sense.

週しゅう末まつに乗のり合あい船せんで沖おき釣づりに出でかけた。
We went offshore fishing on a shared fishing boat over the weekend.

Kanji

乗ride, power, multiplication
合fit, suit, join
船ship, boat

Related words

渡わたし船ぶね
渡し船 is a small ferry, often a simple boat for crossing a river or short distance, while 乗り合い船 is a broader term for any passenger boat or shared fishing boat.

Built from

乗のり合あい+船ふね

Written forms

乗り合い船
- のりあいぶね
  Standard spelling for the general ferryboat sense.
- のりあいせん
乗合船
- のりあいぶね
  Variant spelling; the 乗合 form is also used.
- のりあいせん
乗合い船
- のりあいぶね
  Less common variant with 乗合い.
- のりあいせん

Etymology

Compound of 乗り合い (shared riding) + 船 (boat). The reading のりあいぶね uses the kun'yomi for 船, while のりあいせん uses the on'yomi.

のりあいせん