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離船 (りせん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

離り船せん

り

せ

ん

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

leaving a ship; abandoning a ship

Refers to the act of disembarking or evacuating a vessel, often in a formal or emergency context. Used as a noun or with する as an intransitive verb.

乗じょう客きゃくは全ぜん員いん、離り船せんを命めいじられた。
All passengers were ordered to leave the ship.
船せん長ちょうは沈ちん没ぼつ前まえに離り船せん

し

た

。

The captain abandoned the ship before it sank.

Kanji

離detach, separation, disjoin
船ship, boat

Similar words

乗じょう船せん
乗船 means boarding or embarking a ship, the opposite action of 離船.
下げ船せん
下船 also means disembarking, but is more general and commonly used for routine leaving of a ship, while 離船 often implies leaving in an emergency or formal context.

Etymology

Compound of 離 (ri, 'separate from') and 船 (sen, 'ship'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning is transparent from the kanji components.