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双暗車 (souansha) Japanese meaning: twin propellers | Kotomora

双そう暗あん車しゃ

Meanings

1

twin propellers; twin-screw

Technical nautical term for a vessel equipped with two propellers.

この船ふねは双そう暗あん車しゃを備そなえている。
This ship is equipped with twin propellers.

Kanji

双pair, set, comparison
暗darkness, disappear, shade
車car

Related words

単たん暗あん車しゃ
Refers to a single propeller, as opposed to twin propellers.

Etymology

Compound of 双 (sō, 'pair') + 暗車 (ansha, 'screw propeller'). The term 暗車 is a calque from Western nautical terminology.