丸まる太た船ぶね

noun

wooden transport ship used on Lake Biwa

Specifically refers to a traditional wooden cargo vessel that operated on Lake Biwa; also known as 丸子船 (marukobune).

See also: 丸子船

• 琵び琶わ湖この歴れき史し資し料りょう館かんには、かつて使つかわれていた丸まる太た船ぶねの模も型けいが展てん示じされている。

  A model of the wooden transport ship once used on Lake Biwa is displayed at the Lake Biwa Museum.

noun

log vessel; large dugout canoe

General term for a boat made from logs, such as a dugout canoe; not limited to Lake Biwa.

• 古こ代だいの人ひと々びとは丸まる太た船ぶねで川かわを渡わたったと考かんがえられている。

  It is thought that ancient people crossed rivers using log vessels.