同どう舟しゅう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

shipmates; fellow passengers

Refers to people sharing a boat or ship; often used in the set phrase 同舟相救う (people in the same boat should help each other).

• 彼かれらは同どう舟しゅうの客きゃくとして親したしくなった。

  They became close as fellow passengers on the boat.

• 同どう舟しゅう相あい救すくうの精せい神しんで協きょう力りょくしよう。

  Let's cooperate in the spirit of 'people in the same boat should help each other.'