渡わたし船ぶね

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

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A boat used to carry people, vehicles, or goods across a river or narrow waterway.

昔むかしは渡わたし船ぶねで対たい岸がんに渡わたった。

In the old days, people crossed to the opposite bank by ferry.

〈渡わたし船ぶね〉に乗のるto get on/ride a ferryboat
村むら人びとたちは渡わたし船ぶねに乗のって対たい岸がんへ渡わたった。
The villagers boarded the ferryboat and crossed to the other bank.
〈渡わたし船ぶね〉で〈場ば所しょ〉を渡わたるto cross a river/strait by ferryboat
渡わたし船ぶねで川かわを渡わたった。
We crossed the river by ferryboat.
〈渡わたし船ぶね〉が出でるfor a ferryboat to depart
朝あさ早はやく渡わたし船ぶねが出でる。
The ferryboat departs early in the morning.

フェリーN1
フェリー is the modern loanword for a large passenger/vehicle ferry, while 渡し船 refers to a traditional, usually small boat used to cross a river or narrow strait.
渡わたし
渡し船 explicitly means the ferryboat itself, while 渡し can refer more broadly to the crossing point, the service, or the boat.

渡わたし
渡し can mean the ferry crossing point or service itself, whereas 渡し船 specifically refers to the boat used for that crossing.

隻せき
counter for ships · counter for one half of a pair · counter for bundles (archaic)

Compound of 渡し (watashi, 'crossing') + 船 (fune, 'boat'). The reading ぶね is a rendaku form of ふね.