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砕氷船

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: S
ひょう
Grade: 3
せん
Grade: 2
on'yomi kan'on
Alternative spelling
碎氷船 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Compound of 砕氷 (saihyō, breaking ice) +‎ (sen, ship).[1][2]

First cited in 1892.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) いひょーせん [sàíhyóóséń] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠iço̞ːsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

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(さい)(ひょう)(せん) (saihyōsen

  1. [1892] icebreaker (ship designed to break through ice)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN