Illustration: A modern Japanese naval vessel moves slowly through a harbor, seen clearly from a nearby public waterfront. Its forward gun turret, angular superstructure, radar mast, and orderly working deck distinguish it from the small civilian boats farther away.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

軍ぐん艦かん

gunkan

warship

Example sentences

  1. それは大おおきくて黒くろいアメリカの軍艦ぐんかんだった。

    It was a big black American warship.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 諸しょ軍艦ぐんかんで祝砲しゅくほうがうたれた。

    Gun salutes were fired from several navy ships.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 政治的緊張せいじてききんちょうが続つづく幕末ばくまつには、武器ぶきや軍艦ぐんかんが日本にっぽんの主要輸入品しゅようゆにゅうひんとなった。

    In the final years of the Edo period, when political tensions were continually at their peak, arms and warships were the main goods Japan imported.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 軍艦

  • 軍army; forceOnグンKunいくさ
  • 艦warshipOnカン

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