船体

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 船体, read せんたい, and it combines 船, meaning ship, with 体, meaning body.
• Basic usage: 船体 means a ship's hull, the main body formed by its frame and outer shell.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A structure inspected and a body moved by waves
  • Both examples use the form 船体. It is the physical body on which workers inspect damage and the part of the vessel that rocks when struck by strong waves.
• Inspection of a scratch and movement in strong waves
  • 作業員が船体についた傷を調べている。 — Workers are inspecting a scratch on the ship's hull.
  • 強い波を受けて船体が大きく揺れた。 — The hull rocked violently in the strong waves.