艦載機

かんさいき
noun
carrier-based aircraft; carrier plane
1. carrier-based aircraft; carrier plane
An aircraft designed to operate from a warship, especially an aircraft carrier.
艦載機(かんさいき)が発進(はっしん)した。
The carrier aircraft took off.
空母(くうぼ)には多(おお)くの艦載機(かんさいき)が積(つ)まれている。
An aircraft carrier holds many carrier-based planes.
艦載機(かんさいき)は短(みじか)い滑走路(かっそうろ)でも離着陸(りちゃくりく)できるよう設計(せっけい)されている。
Carrier-based aircraft are designed to take off and land on short runways.

Compound of 艦(かん) (warship) and 載(さい) (to load, carry) plus 機(き) (aircraft) — literally "ship-loaded aircraft."

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 艦載機(かんさいき)の発着(はっちゃく): takeoff and landing of carrier aircraft
  • 空母(くうぼ)の艦載機(かんさいき): an aircraft carrier's planes

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 戦闘機(せんとうき): fighter jet — defined by its role, not by where it is based
  • 空母(くうぼ): aircraft carrier — the ship that carries them
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