空 母(くうぼ)

くうぼ

noun

aircraft carrier

1. aircraft carrier

A large warship designed to serve as a mobile airbase, carrying and launching military aircraft. An abbreviation of 航空母艦(こうくうぼかん).

空母(くうぼ)から戦闘機(せんとうき)が発進(はっしん)した。

Fighter jets launched from the aircraft carrier.

空母(くうぼ)は海軍(かいぐん)の主力(しゅりょく)だ。

Aircraft carriers are the mainstay of the navy.

新型(しんがた)の空母(くうぼ)が太平洋(たいへいよう)に配備(はいび)されたというニュースが流(なが)れた。

News broke that a new aircraft carrier had been deployed to the Pacific.

Etymology

Abbreviation of 航空母艦(こうくうぼかん) (aviation mother ship). The full form is still used in formal or historical contexts, but 空母(くうぼ) is the standard everyday term.

Common collocations

原子力(げんしりょく)空母(くうぼ) (nuclear aircraft carrier)
空母(くうぼ)打撃群(だげきぐん) (carrier strike group)
空母(くうぼ)を建造(けんぞう)する (to build an aircraft carrier)

Similar words

航空母艦(こうくうぼかん): aircraft carrier (full, formal term)
護衛艦(ごえいかん): escort ship, destroyer (Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force term)

Related Words

Related: 軍艦(ぐんかん) (warship)

Compare: 航空母艦(こうくうぼかん) (aircraft carrier)

Compare: 護衛艦(ごえいかん) (escort ship, destroyer)

Compare: 巡洋艦(じゅんようかん) (cruiser (warship))

Compare: 艦載機 (carrier-based aircraft)

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Added 2026.3.8 16:40 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01

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