船 (Fune) is a Japanese noun meaning “ship, boat, watercraft, vessel”.
Meanings
- nounship; boat; watercraft; vessel; seaplane舟 is often small and hand-propelled
- nountank; tub; vat; trough
- noun suffix, countercounter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
Examples
白い船が見えてきた。
A white ship came into view.
白い船が遠くに見えた。
We saw a white ship far away.
突然船長は船を離れた。
Suddenly, the captain left the ship.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).