船せん腹ぷく

also: ふなばら

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Meanings

ship's side or bottom; hold; tonnage; freight space

Refers to the hull, cargo space, or carrying capacity of a ship. In shipping contexts, it can mean the available freight space or tonnage.

船せん腹ぷくに貨か物もつを積つみ込こむ。
Load cargo into the ship's hold.
この航こう路ろの船せん腹ぷくは十じゅう分ぶんに確かく保ほされている。
Sufficient freight space is secured on this route.

Kanji

船ship, boat
腹abdomen, belly, stomach
舟boat, ship

Don't confuse with

船せん体たい
船体 refers to the physical hull of a ship, whereas 船腹 refers to a ship's cargo-carrying capacity or space, not its structure.

Written forms

船腹Usage100%
- せんぷく
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading せんぷく is the most common.
- ふなばら
  Rare reading of 船腹; せんぷく is strongly preferred.
舟ふな腹ばら
Rare variant using 舟; the reading ふなばら is uncommon and may be encountered in older or specialized texts.
ふなばら

Etymology

Compound of 船 (ship) and 腹 (belly), literally 'ship's belly', referring to the cargo-holding part of a vessel. The reading せんぷく is the standard Sino-Japanese on'yomi; ふなばら is a less common kun'yomi variant.