Illustration: Inside a coastal Japanese shipyard, an unfinished fishing vessel stands on heavy supports with its steel ribs exposed toward the bow. A crane lowers a curved hull plate into the open section while two helmeted workers guide it with ropes from secure platforms.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

造ぞう船せん

zousen

shipbuilding

Example sentences

  1. 東舞鶴ひがしまいづるはかつての軍需都市ぐんじゅとしで、旧軍港きゅうぐんこうや造船ぞうせんなどを中心ちゅうしんとする重工業地区じゅうこうぎょうちくである。

    Higashi-Maizuru was a former munitions city, but today flourishes in heavy industries centered around ship building and an old military port.

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

  2. ただし、当時とうじの造船ぞうせん術じゅつや航海術こうかいじゅつはなお未熟みじゅくな点てんも多おおく、海上かいじょうでの遭難そうなんも少すくなくなかった。

    However, ship building technology and the art of navigation at the time were still fairly amateur, and shipwrecks were not uncommon.

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

  3. こうして、造船ぞうせん業ぎょう、肥料生産ひりょうせいさん、商社しょうしゃ、生命保険せいめいほけんを傘下さんかとする久原財閥くはらざいばつを形成けいせいする。

    In this way, the Kuhara Zaibatsu was formed with group companies in shipbuilding, fertilizer production, trading and life insurance business.

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

Kanji in 造船

  • 造create; makeOnゾウKunつくる・つくり
  • 船ship; boatOnセンKunふね・ふな-

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