連絡船(れんらくせん)

連絡船(れんらくせん) refers to a ferry that connects different locations, often linking islands to the mainland or providing connections to other modes of transportation like trains.

Common collocations

• 連絡船(れんらくせん)に乗(の)る (board a ferry)
• 連絡船(れんらくせん)を降(お)りる (get off a ferry)
• 連絡船(れんらくせん)が出(で)る (ferry departs)
• 連絡船(れんらくせん)が着(つ)く (ferry arrives)

Related words

• フェリー: general term for ferry (loanword)
• 渡(わた)し船(ぶね): small ferry boat, especially for crossing rivers

Usage

Today フェリー is the everyday word. 連絡船(れんらくせん) survives for small boats to islands and in the names of the old railway ferries, such as the 青函(せいかん)連絡船(れんらくせん) between Honshu and Hokkaido.