帆船(はんせん)

はんせん
noun
sailing ship; sailboat
1. sailing ship; sailboat; vessel propelled by sails
A ship or boat that uses sails to harness wind power for propulsion. Can refer to anything from small sailboats to large historical sailing vessels.
帆船(はんせん)が港(みなと)に入(はい)った。
A sailing ship entered the port.
大(おお)きな帆船(はんせん)の模型(もけい)を作(つく)った。
I built a model of a large sailing ship.
江戸(えど)時代(じだい)には多(おお)くの帆船(はんせん)が日本海(にほんかい)を行(い)き来(き)していた。
In the Edo period, many sailing ships traveled back and forth across the Sea of Japan.

Composed of 帆(ほ) (sail) + 船(せん) (ship). The reading はんせん uses the on'yomi for both characters. The word 帆(ほ) alone means 'sail' and appears in expressions like 帆(ほ)を張(は)る (to set sail).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 帆船(はんせん)レース: sailing race
  • 帆船(はんせん)の模型(もけい): model sailing ship
  • 大型(おおがた)帆船(はんせん): large sailing vessel
  • 帆船(はんせん)時代(じだい): age of sail

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • ヨット: yacht — modern recreational sailboat
  • 汽船(きせん): steamship — ship powered by steam engine
  • 船舶(せんぱく): vessel — formal general term for ships and boats
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