夜船

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夜	船
よ Grade: 2	ふね Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
夜舟

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).[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

(Tokyo) よふね [yóꜜfùnè] (Atamadaka – [1])[4][5][6]
IPA^(key): [jo̞ɸɯ̟ᵝne̞]

Noun

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

a boat or ship travelling at night

Derived terms

白(しら)河(かわ)夜(よ)船(ふね) (shirakawa yofune): being fast asleep, dead to the world when sleeping; pretending to know everything, a know-it-all manner

References

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

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[KDJ-1] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[2] . 759, Man'yōshū, (book 15, poem 3624):
, text here

[DJS-3] 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-4] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-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

[SMK5-6] 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN