武ぶ装そう商しょう船せん

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そ

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しょ

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せ

ん

Meanings

1

armed merchant ship

Military term for a merchant vessel equipped with weapons, typically for self-defense or wartime use.

武ぶ

装そう

商しょう

船せん

が

輸ゆ

送そう

船せん

団だん

を

護ご

衛えい

し

た

。

During World War II, many armed merchant ships escorted convoys.

Compound of 武装 (ぶそう, 'armament') and 商船 (しょうせん, 'merchant ship').