WORD DETAIL
帆船
はんせん
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
帆船(はんせん) is a ship propelled by sails.帆船がis a moving subject;帆船の模型links an original type to a model. - Basic usage: A white sailing ship leaves harbor; a museum displays a model of an old sailing ship.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Vessel actually sailing and museum model of one
- The first concerns a real vessel's movement; the head noun in the second is
模型. The exhibit should not be read as a full sailing ship.
- The first concerns a real vessel's movement; the head noun in the second is

