漁船

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 漁船, read ぎょせん, combines fishing 漁 with vessel 船 as a purpose-based ship name.
• Basic usage: It denotes a boat used to catch fish or seafood, as in 漁船が港を出る.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Scope and context
  • The classification is based on fishing purpose rather than size and differs from a passenger ship 客船.