大おお船ぶね

also: おおふね · たいせん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

large boat; large ship

General term for a large watercraft; often used in set phrases like 大船に乗ったよう (feeling secure, as if on a large ship).

A large ship is anchored in the harbor.

彼かれに任まかせれば大おお船ぶねに乗のったような気き分ぶんだ。

Leaving it to him makes me feel completely secure.

〈場ば所しょ〉に大おお船ぶねが入はいるfor a large ship to enter a place (e.g. a port)
大おおきな港みなとに大おお船ぶねが入はいってきた。
A large ship entered the big harbor.

船ふねN5
船 is the general word for any boat or ship, while 大船 specifically emphasizes its large size.
巨きょ船せん
巨船 is a more formal, technical term for an enormous ship, whereas 大船 is the everyday and literary word for a large ship.

Compound of 大 (おお, 'large') and 船 (ふね, 'boat'). The reading おおぶね is the most common, with おおふね as a variant. The on'yomi reading たいせん is rare.

Sino-Japanese reading; rarely used in modern Japanese.

おおふね

たいせん