漁船(ぎょせん)

ぎょせん
noun
fishing boat; fishing vessel
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1. fishing boat; fishing vessel
A boat or ship used commercially or traditionally for catching fish and other seafood.
漁船(ぎょせん)が港(みなと)に戻(もど)ってきた。
The fishing boats returned to the harbor.
小(ちい)さな漁船(ぎょせん)が朝早(あさはや)く沖(おき)に出(で)た。
A small fishing boat went out to sea early in the morning.
台風(たいふう)が近(ちか)づいているため、すべての漁船(ぎょせん)が港(みなと)に避難(ひなん)している。
All fishing boats have taken shelter in the harbor because a typhoon is approaching.

A compound of 漁(ぎょ) (fishing, as an industry) and 船(せん) (vessel, ship). This is the standard formal term for fishing boats. Japan has a long maritime tradition, and 漁船(ぎょせん) frequently appears in news reports about fishing industry, maritime incidents, and weather warnings.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 釣(つ)り船(ぶね): fishing boat — for recreational fishing charters
  • 船(ふね): boat; ship — the general word for any watercraft
  • 漁(りょう): fishing — the act of commercial fishing itself

Related Words

Compare: 貨物船(かもつせん) (cargo ship)
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