火船

かせん

Also written ひぶね

Meanings

1. Noun fire ship
2. steamship (esp. a paddle steamer); steamboat
3. ship with a fire to attract fish while net fishing at night (prior to the invention of electric fish-luring lights)

Kanji

• 火 fire. Read as カ.
• 船 ship. Read as セン.

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