蟹かに工こう船せん

noun

crab-canning boat; crab factory ship

A vessel equipped to catch crabs and process them into canned crab meat on board. The term is widely known from the proletarian novel 蟹工船 by Kobayashi Takiji.

• 蟹かに工こう船せんは北ほく洋ようで操そう業ぎょうしていた。

  The crab factory ship operated in the northern seas.

• 小こ林ばやし多た喜き二じの『蟹かに工こう船せん』はプロレタリア文ぶん学がくの代だい表ひょう作さくだ。

  Kobayashi Takiji's 'Kanikōsen' is a representative work of proletarian literature.