入船

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
入 船
にゅう
Grade: 1		 せん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 入船 (nyip zywen, literally “entering ship”).

Pronunciation

Noun

入船 (hiragana にゅうせん, rōmaji nyūsen)

  1. the arrival in port or harbor of a boat or ship
  2. a boat or ship that is coming into port or harbor
Antonyms

Verb

入船する (hiragana にゅうせんする, rōmaji nyūsen suru)

  1. (said of a boat or ship) to arrive at a port or harbor
Conjugation
Antonyms
  • 出 (しゅっ)船 (せん) (shussen): (said of a boat or ship) to leave a port or harbor

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
入 船
いり
Grade: 1		 ふね
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of 入り (iri, “entry, entering”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 入る hairu “to enter”) +‎ 船 (fune, “boat or ship”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

入船 (hiragana いりふね, rōmaji irifune)

  1. the arrival in port or harbor of a boat or ship
  2. a boat or ship that is coming into port or harbor
  3. (slang, archaic) the act of going to have fun in a red-light district
Antonyms
  • 出船 (でふね) (defune): the departure boat or ship; a boat or ship departing port or harbor

Proper noun

入船 (hiragana いりふね, rōmaji Irifune)

  1. A surname​.

Verb

入船する (hiragana いりふねする, rōmaji irifune suru)

  1. (said of a boat or ship) to arrive at a port or harbor
  2. (slang, archaic) to go to have fun in a red-light district
Conjugation
Antonyms
  • 出船 (でふね) (defune): (said of a boat or ship) to leave a port or harbor

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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