軍艦

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 軍艦(ぐんかん) is a noun for a warship used for military purposes.
• Basic usage: A model is 軍艦の模型, while the ship itself is the moving subject in 軍艦が進む.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Ship and model
  • In 軍艦の模型, the object being viewed is a model representing a warship, not the warship itself.
• Subject marking
  • When the ship moves, use 軍艦が or topical 軍艦は to make it the subject.