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  1. Words
  2. 船

ふね

船

N4

boat

fune

Quiz
JLPT
N4
Frequency
#1,769

Meanings

  1. 1
    ship; boat; watercraftnoun
  2. 2
    tank; tub; vatnoun
  3. 3
    counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)noun suffixcounter

JMdict 1602800

In a sentence

船(ふね)boatだよ

That's a boat

How it works

A noun like 船(ふね) (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.

Written with

  • 船ship11 strokes

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