noun
ark (Noah's ark)
Refers specifically to the biblical Noah's Ark. Often used in the phrase ノアの箱舟.
ノアの箱船の話は旧約聖書にあります。
The story of Noah's Ark is in the Old Testament.
彼は箱船の模型を作った。
He made a model of the ark.
Compound of 箱 (hako, 'box') and 船 (fune, 'ship'), literally 'box ship'. The reading はこぶね is a rendaku form of はこ + ふね.