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商船

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 商船.

Dictionary

Entry

商船ょうせんNounFreq #32440
1

merchant ship

Examples
海賊は武装していない商船を餌食にした。
Larger pirates often preyed on unarmed merchant ships.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant

11 strokesFrequency 413JLPT N2Grade 3

On

ショウ

Kun

あきな.う

Nanori

あき

ship, boat

11 strokesFrequency 713JLPT N2Grade 2

On

セン

Kun

ふねふな-

Nanori

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