工こう作さく船せん

noun

factory ship; repair ship

A vessel equipped for manufacturing or repair work at sea, such as processing fish or repairing other ships.

• この工こう作さく船せんは遠えん洋よう漁ぎょ業ぎょうで獲とれた魚さかなを船せん上じょうで加か工こうする。

  This factory ship processes the fish caught by deep-sea fishing on board.

noun

spy ship

A vessel used for intelligence gathering, often disguised as a fishing boat; frequently associated with North Korean operations in Japanese waters.

• 海かい上じょう保ほ安あん庁ちょうは不ふ審しんな工こう作さく船せんを追つい跡せきした。

  The Japan Coast Guard pursued a suspicious spy ship.