軽けい巡じゅん洋よう艦かん

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Meanings

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noun

light cruiser

A type of warship, smaller and faster than a heavy cruiser, used primarily in the first half of the 20th century.

lightly, trifling, unimportant

巡patrol, go around, circumference

洋ocean, sea, foreign

艦warship

重じゅう巡じゅん洋よう艦かん
Heavy cruiser; larger and more heavily armed than a light cruiser.
戦せん艦かん
Battleship; a much larger and more heavily armored warship.

Compound of 軽 (light) + 巡洋艦 (cruiser). The term is a direct calque from English 'light cruiser'.