Illustration: At a quiet inlet, a narrow timber pier extends from the shore out over the water on sturdy pilings. A small passenger boat is tied alongside its outer end, with a short boarding plank connecting the two. A boat operator steadies a traveler’s wheeled bag as the traveler steps aboard.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

桟さん橋ばし

sanbashi

pier, jetty

さんきょう is an uncommon alternative reading. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 昔むかしここには桟橋さんばしがあったんだ。

    There used to be a pier here.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 現在げんざいでは平ひら桟橋さんばしは復元ふくげんされ、記念碑きねんひが立たっている。

    A monument stands at the landing bridge which has been restored to its original state.

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

  3. コンクリート桟橋さんばしなのですが、途中何とちゅうなんカ所しょか崩壊ほうかいしています。

    It’s a concrete bridge, but several places along its length have collapsed.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 桟橋

  • 桟scaffold; cleatOnサン・センKunかけはし
  • 橋bridgeOnキョウKunはし

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