ふね

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
船
舟
槽 (uncommon)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *punay.

Standalone form of 船(ふな), 舟(ふな) (funa, older form).

Pronunciation

Noun

ふね • (fune) 

  1. 船, 舟: a boat:
    1. 船: a ship, vessel, larger ship
    2. 舟: a boat, ship, small ship
  2. 船, 舟, 槽: a box for storing:
    1. 船, 舟: a container used for storing liquids such as water and sake
    2. 船, 舟: a box used for pressing sake and soy sauce
    3. 船, 舟, 槽: a horse trough
    4. 船, 舟: a coffin
    5. 船, 舟: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    6. 船, 舟: a box used to store candy
    7. 船, 舟: an 桶 (oke) used to store rice and grains
    8. 船, 舟: a container for storing bonsai trees and other objects
  3. 船, 舟: a treasure ship
  4. 船, 舟: Abbreviation of 引(ひき)船(ふね) 曳(ひき)船(ふね) 引(ひき)舟(ふね) (hikifune) (“a tugboat”): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  5. 船, 舟: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  6. 船, 舟: Synonym of 船饅頭 (funamanjū, “This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.”)

Synonyms

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ふね • (-fune) 

  1. 船, 舟, 槽: items in a box-shaped container

References

  1. ^ “船・舟・槽”, in 日本国語大辞典‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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