渡し船

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 渡し船 is read わたしぶね. It means a ferryboat that carries people across a river or other waterway.
• Basic usage: It serves as transport to a village on the opposite bank and as a boat that once crossed the river regularly.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Boarding the ferry
  • 渡し船に乗って means traveling to the opposite side by ferryboat.
• Back-and-forth service
  • この川を渡し船が行き来していた describes a ferryboat traveling back and forth across the river.