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    3. 船乗り

    船乗り

    船ふな乗のり​

    sailor

    KMT9News #33+1NounTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab22 strokes

    船のり

    ふなのり

    Noun

    1.
    sailor, seaman, mariner

    Stroke 0 / 22

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは若わかい頃ころ、船ふな乗のりとして世せか界い中じゅうを旅たびした。

    When he was young, he traveled the world as a sailor.

    KMT6Travel & TransportationWork & Career
    船ふな乗のりは、荒あれる海うみでも冷れい静せいに船ふねを操あやつる技ぎ術じゅつが必ひつ要ようです。

    Sailors need the skill to calmly steer a ship even in rough seas.

    KMT9Travel & TransportationWork & Career
    昔むかしの船ふな乗のりたちは、星ほしの位い置ちを頼たよりに航こう海かいしていたと聞ききます。

    I hear that ancient sailors navigated by relying on the position of the stars.

    KMT9HistoryTravel & TransportationScience & Math
    船ふな乗のりは、長ながい航こう海かいの間あいだ、家か族ぞくと離 れて暮くらすことが多おおい。

    Sailors often live apart from their families during long voyages.

    KMT9Travel & TransportationFamily & RelationshipsWork & Career
    港みなとには、世せ界かい各かっ国こくから来きた船ふな乗のりたちが集 まっていた。

    Sailors from various countries around the world gathered at the port.

    KMT9Travel & TransportationDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    船
    ふね・ふな-…(2)
    ship・boat
    Kanji
    乗
    の.る・-の.り・の.せる…(3)
    ride・power・multiplication・record・counter for vehicles…(3)
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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