商船

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 商船, read しょうせん, denotes a vessel used commercially to transport goods and cargo.
• Basic usage: It names a large commercial vessel entering port and a model merchant ship carrying cargo boxes.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Commercial vessel rather than warship
  • It is a vessel used for commercial transport of goods and cargo rather than military purposes.