砕氷船

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
砕 氷 船
さい
Grade: S 		ひょう
Grade: 3 		せん
Grade: 2
on'yomi kan'on
Alternative spelling
碎氷船 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 砕氷 (saihyō, “breaking ice”) +‎ 船 (sen, “ship”).[1][2]

First cited in 1892.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

砕(さい)氷(ひょう)船(せん) • (saihyōsen) 

  1. icebreaker (ship designed to break through ice)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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