Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) にゅうせん [nyùúséń] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [njɯᵝːsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

入船 ‎(hiragana にゅうせん, romaji nyūsen)

1. the arrival in port or harbor of a boat or ship
2. a boat or ship that is coming into port or harbor

Antonyms

• 出船 (しゅっせん) ‎(shussen): the departure from port or harbor of a boat or ship; a boat or ship departing port or harbor

Verb

入船する ‎(hiragana にゅうせんする, romaji nyūsen suru)

1. (said of a boat or ship) to arrive at a port or harbor

Conjugation

Antonyms

• 出船 (しゅっせん) ‎(shussen): (said of a boat or ship) to leave a port or harbor

Etymology 2

Compound of 入り ‎(iri, “entry, entering”, the 連用形 ‎(ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 入る hairu “to enter”) +‎ 船 ‎(fune, “boat or ship”).^[2]

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) いりふね [ìrífúné] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [iɾiɸɯ̃ᵝne̞]

Noun

入船 ‎(hiragana いりふね, romaji irifune)

1. the arrival in port or harbor of a boat or ship
2. a boat or ship that is coming into port or harbor
3. (slang, archaic) the act of going to have fun in a red-light district

Antonyms

• 出船 (でふね) ‎(defune): the departure boat or ship; a boat or ship departing port or harbor

Proper noun

入船 ‎(hiragana いりふね, romaji Irifune)

1. A surname​.

Verb

入船する ‎(hiragana いりふねする, romaji irifune suru)

1. (said of a boat or ship) to arrive at a port or harbor
2. (slang, archaic) to go to have fun in a red-light district

Conjugation

Antonyms

• 出船 (でふね) ‎(defune): (said of a boat or ship) to leave a port or harbor

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan