たすけぶね

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
助け船
助船 (dated)
助け舟

Etymology

From 助(たす)け (tasuke, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 助(たす)ける (tasukeru).”) + 船(ふね) (fune). The fune changes to bune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

たすけぶね • (tasukebune) ←たすけぶね (tasukebune)?

  1. lifeboat
  2. (figurative) aid to someone who is in a pinch

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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