夜船

Japanese
Kanji in this term
夜 船
よ
Grade: 2		 ふね
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
夜舟

Etymology

From Old Japanese 夜船 (yopune).[1] Found in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE.[2]

Analyzable as a compound of 夜 (yo, “night”) +‎ 船 (fune, “boat, ship”).[1][3][4][5][6]

Also encountered as yobune.[1][3][4][5][6] The fune changes to bune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

夜(よ)船(ふね) or 夜船(よぶね) • (yofune or yobune) 

  1. a boat or ship travelling at night

Derived terms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 15, poem 3624), text here
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  6. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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