Illustration: At a small island ferry landing, a uniformed deckhand guides the last passenger aboard while another crew member prepares to release a mooring line. Through the wheelhouse window, the captain stands at the controls, watching the boarding area.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

運うん航こう

unkou

to operate a ship or flight service

Used for ships and aircraft. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 君きみは運うんがよかった。飛行機ひこうきは定時ていじ運航うんこうだよ。

    You’re in luck. The plane is on time.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 大阪国際空港おおさかこくさいくうこう~コウノトリ但馬空港たじまくうこうに、日本にほんエアコミューターにより、1日にち2往復おうふくが運航うんこうされている。

    Japan Air Commuter Co., Ltd., operates two round-trip flights a day between Osaka International Airport and Konotori-Tajima Airport.

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

  3. 鉄道網てつどうもうの整備せいびに伴ともない斜陽しゃようとなった後のちは、遊覧船ゆうらんせんの発着拠点はっちゃくきょてんとなっているほか、官公庁かんこうちょうなどが運航うんこうする各船かくせんの拠点きょてんにもなっている。

    After its decline because of improvement of the railway network, it has been used for departure and arrival of sightseeing ships as well as bases for various ships operated by governmental agencies.

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

Kanji in 運航

  • 運carry; luckOnウンKunはこぶ
  • 航navigate; sailOnコウ

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