航こう法ほう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

navigation; sailing

Refers to the methods and techniques of determining position and directing a vessel or aircraft. Often used in technical or nautical contexts.

GPSは現げん代だいの航こう法ほうに欠かかせない

技ぎ

術じゅつ

だ

。

GPS is an indispensable technology for modern navigation.

彼かれは航こう法ほうの専せん門もん家かとして船ふねに乗のり込こんだ。

He boarded the ship as a navigation expert.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉航こう法ほうを用もちいるto use a (particular) method of navigation
この船ふねは慣かん性せい航こう法ほうを用もちいている。
This ship uses inertial navigation.
〈物もの〉航こう法ほうで〈場ば所しょ〉へ向むかうto head to a place using a certain navigation method
衛えい星せい航こう法ほうで目もく的てき地ちへ向むかった。
We headed to our destination using satellite navigation.

Kanji

航navigate, sail, cruise
法method, law, rule

Related words

ナビゲーション
航法 is the technical term for the methods used to navigate ships and aircraft, while ナビゲーション is a broader loanword often applied to car navigation systems and everyday guidance technology.
航こう海かい術じゅつ
航法 refers narrowly to the specific technique used to determine position and course, whereas 航海術 covers the whole traditional skill set of seamanship, of which navigation is one part.

Don't confuse with

航こう海かいN1
航法 is the method or technique of navigating, while 航海 is the voyage or act of sailing itself, and learners often confuse them because both share the kanji 航.

Word family· 7

天てん文もん航こう法ほう
celestial navigation
天てん測そく航こう法ほう
celestial navigation; astronavigation
慣かん性せい航こう法ほう
inertial navigation system
推すい測

Etymology

Compound of 航 (sailing, navigation) and 法 (method, law). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the meaning 'navigation method'.

そく

航こう

法ほう

dead reckoning

衛えい星せい航こう法ほう

satellite navigation; global positioning

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電でん波ぱ航こう法ほう
radio navigation; electronic navigation
オメガ航こう法ほう
Omega navigation system