船ふな人びと

noun

sailor; boatman; passenger

A person on a boat, either a crew member or a passenger. The word is somewhat literary or old-fashioned; in modern Japanese, 船員 (せんいん) or 船乗り (ふなのり) are more common for 'sailor', and 乗客 (じょうきゃく) for 'passenger'.

• 古ふるい歌うたに「船ふな人びと」という言こと葉ばが出でてくる。