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船渡し (ふなわたし, funawatashi) Japanese meaning: ferry | Kotomora

船ふな渡わたし

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Meanings

1

ferry; ferry crossing

Refers to a ferry service or the act of ferrying people/goods across water. The cross-reference 本船渡し suggests a related shipping term.

See also: 本船渡し

この港みなとでは船ふな渡わたしが毎まい日にち運うん航こうしている。

Kanji

船ship, boat
渡transit, ford, ferry

Related words

本ほん船せん渡わたし
A related shipping term also meaning free on board; 船渡し is sometimes used as an abbreviation or variant.

Etymology

Compound of 船 (funa, 'boat, ship') and 渡し (watashi, 'crossing, delivery'). The trade sense is a calque from English 'free on board'.

A ferry operates daily at this port.

2

free on board; FOB

Trade term indicating that the seller delivers goods on board a vessel designated by the buyer. Used in shipping and logistics contexts.

契けい約やく条じょう件けんは船ふな渡わたし価か格かくで合ごう意いした。
The contract terms were agreed on an FOB basis.