

Meanings
- 1ship; boat; watercraftnoun
- 2tank; tub; vatnoun
- 3counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)noun suffixcounter
JMdict 1602800
In a sentence
That's a boat
How it works
A noun like 船 (boat) can stand on its own as a whole sentence — “it’s a boat”. The plain copula だ (is) attaches to mark it as a statement, and the final よ (you know) adds a little push, like telling someone something you’re sure of. No polite です (is) here, so it sounds casual and direct.