虚うつろ舟ぶね

noun

Utsuro-bune; hollow boat; mysterious Edo-period vessel

Refers to a legendary unidentified craft that reportedly washed ashore in Hitachi Province (modern Ibaraki) in 1803. Often discussed in UFO lore and historical mysteries.

• 虚うつろ舟ぶねは江え戸ど時じ代だいの奇き談だんとして知しられている。

  Utsuro-bune is known as a strange tale from the Edo period.

• うつろぶねの話はなしはUFO研けん究きゅう家かの間あいだでよく取とり上あげられる。

  The story of Utsuro-bune is often taken up among UFO researchers.