豪華客船(ごうかきゃくせん)

ごうかきゃくせん
noun
luxury cruise ship; luxury liner
transportationtravel
1. luxury cruise ship; luxury passenger liner
A large, richly appointed passenger ship that carries tourists on multi-day cruises, typically equipped with restaurants, theaters, swimming pools, and premium cabins. The term is used especially in travel advertising and news coverage of tourism.
豪華客船(ごうかきゃくせん)が入港(にゅうこう)する。
A luxury cruise ship is entering port.
豪華客船(ごうかきゃくせん)での世界(せかい)一周(いっしゅう)旅行(りょこう)を夢見(ゆめみ)ている。
I dream of an around-the-world trip on a luxury cruise ship.
横浜港(よこはまこう)に寄港(きこう)した豪華客船(ごうかきゃくせん)からは、大勢(おおぜい)の外国人(がいこくじん)観光客(かんこうきゃく)が下船(げせん)して街(まち)へと繰(く)り出(だ)した。
Large numbers of foreign tourists disembarked from the luxury cruise ship that had called at the Port of Yokohama and headed out into town.

Compound of 豪華(ごうか) ('luxurious; splendid') and 客船(きゃくせん) ('passenger ship'). Literally 'luxurious passenger ship'.

Usage

  • A near-fixed phrase: 豪華(ごうか)な客船(きゃくせん) is grammatical but far less idiomatic than the compound 豪華客船(ごうかきゃくせん).
  • Favored in travel brochures, news headlines, and TV programs about cruises and port visits. Often paired with specific ship names: 豪華客船(ごうかきゃくせん)「飛鳥(あすか)II」など.
  • Refers specifically to cruise-oriented vessels; it is not used for utilitarian ferries or freight-carrying passenger ships.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 客船(きゃくせん): passenger ship — the plain term, covering any vessel that carries passengers.
  • クルーズ船(せん): cruise ship — loanword-based synonym; overlaps heavily with 豪華客船(ごうかきゃくせん) but does not imply luxury.
  • 貨客船(かきゃくせん): cargo-passenger ship — carries both cargo and passengers.
  • 旅客船(りょかくせん): passenger liner — a formal synonym of 客船(きゃくせん); used on routes rather than cruises.
general
Added 2026.4.15 13:05 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
23500/23828_goukakyakusen