Moto 舟: Boat; ShipKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シュウ
- Kun'yomi
- ふね、ふな-、-ぶね
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 101 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シュウ)
- 呉越同舟ごえつどうしゅうbitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance
- 舟艇しゅうていboat; watercraft
- 上陸用舟艇じょうりくようしゅうていlanding craft
- 刻舟こくしゅうnot getting with the times; being unaware of how things are changing
- 同舟どうしゅうshipmates; fellow passengers
- 吞舟どんしゅうswallowing a boat whole
- 吞舟の魚どんしゅうのうおfish large enough to swallow a whole boat; colossal fish
- 呑舟どんしゅうswallowing a boat whole
- 呑舟の魚どんしゅうのうおfish large enough to swallow a whole boat; colossal fish
- 孤舟こしゅうsolitary boat
- 扁舟へんしゅうskiff; little boat
- 橋脚舟きょうきゃくしゅうpontoon
- 漁舟ぎょしゅうsmall fishing boat; fishing smack
- 竜舟りゅうしゅうdragon boat (long 22-person canoe used for racing)
- 網吞舟の魚を漏らすあみどんしゅうのうおをもらすthe law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through; the long arm of the law doesn't reach everywhere
- 網呑舟の魚を漏らすあみどんしゅうのうおをもらすthe law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through; the long arm of the law doesn't reach everywhere
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 助け舟たすけぶねlifeboat
- 小舟こぶねsmall boat
- 舟橋ふなはしpontoon
- あし舟あしぶねpapyrus boat
- イカの舟イカのふねcuttlebone
- ノアの箱舟ノアのはこぶねNoah's ark
- 中流に舟を失えば一壺も千金ちゅうりゅうにふねをうしなえばいっこもせんきんany port will do in a storm; when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune
- 丸太舟まるたぶねwooden transport ship used on Lake Biwa
- 丸木舟まるきぶねdugout canoe
- 乗りかかった舟のりかかったふねhaving gone too far to turn back
- 乗り掛かった舟のりかかったふねhaving gone too far to turn back
- 刳り舟くりふねdugout canoe
- 剣を落として舟を刻むけんをおとしてふねをきざむto not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing
- 大舟鴨おおふながもFuegian steamer duck (Tachyeres pteneres); Magellanic flightless steamer duck
- 川舟かわぶねriverboat; rivercraft
- 早舟はやぶねfast-moving rowboat
- 板舟いたふねplank raft
- 泡舟貝あわぶねがいBostrycapulus gravispinosus (species of spiny slipper snail)
- 泥舟どろぶねboat to transport mud
- 浮き舟うきふねfloating boat
- 渡し舟わたしぶねferry; ferryboat
- 湯舟ゆぶねbathtub
- 白川夜舟しらかわよふねbeing fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one)
- 笹舟ささぶねtoy bamboo-leaf boat
- 箱舟はこぶねark (i.e. Noah's)
- 精霊舟しょうりょうぶねstraw boat for one's ancestral spirits to sail in
- 舟ふねship; boat
- 舟つき場ふなつきばharbour; harbor
- 舟に刻して剣を求むふねにこくしてけんをもとむto not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing
- 舟に刻みて剣を求むふねにきざみてけんをもとむto not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing
- 舟をこぐふねをこぐto row a boat
- 舟を出すふねをだすto take out a boat; to put out a boat
Other readings
- ノアの方舟ノアのはこぶねNoah's ark
- ノアの方舟貝ノアのはこぶねがいNoah's ark (Arca noae)
- 刳舟くりふねdugout canoe
- 吊舟草つりふねそうtouch-me-not (Impatiens textori); jewelweed
- 引き舟えいせんtugboat; tug
- 引舟えいせんtugboat; tug
- 方舟はこぶねark (i.e. Noah's)
- 浮舟うきふねfloating boat
- 海人小舟貝あまおぶねがいox-palate nerite (Nerita albicilla); blotched nerite
- 烏賊の舟イカのふねcuttlebone
- 独木舟まるきぶねdugout canoe
- 猪牙舟ちょきぶねlong, thin, roofless small boat (used as a river taxi during the Edo period)
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