遠洋(えんよう)

えんよう
noun
open ocean; distant waters
formalgeography
1. open ocean; distant waters; the high seas
The sea far from land. Almost always used as the first part of a compound.
遠洋(えんよう)に出(で)る。
To go out onto the open ocean.
父(ちち)は遠洋(えんよう)漁業(ぎょぎょう)の船(ふね)に乗(の)っている。
My father works on a distant-water fishing boat.
遠洋(えんよう)航海(こうかい)から戻(もど)るまで、船員(せんいん)は何(なん)か月(げつ)も家族(かぞく)に会(あ)えない。
Sailors can't see their families for months until they return from an ocean voyage.

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Related: 沖合(おきあい) (offshore)
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