筏(いかだ)

いかだ

noun

raft

1. raft

A flat floating platform made of logs, bamboo or planks tied together, used to cross water or, in the past, to float timber down rivers.

筏(いかだ)で川(かわ)を下(くだ)る。

To go down the river on a raft.

子供(こども)たちが竹(たけ)で筏(いかだ)を作(つく)った。

The children built a raft out of bamboo.

昔(むかし)は山(やま)で切(き)った木(き)を筏(いかだ)に組(く)んで川(かわ)に流(なが)した。

In the old days, logs cut in the mountains were bound into rafts and floated down the river.

Common collocations

筏(いかだ)を組(く)む: to build a raft (by binding logs together)
筏(いかだ)で川(かわ)を下(くだ)る: to go down a river by raft
筏下(いかだくだ)り: rafting

Similar words

ボート: a small boat with a hull
花筏(はないかだ): "flower raft", cherry petals floating together on water, a spring image in poetry

Related Words

Compare: ボート (a small boat with a hull)

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