隻
せき
Meanings
- Counter counter for ships
- counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen)
- counter for items carried in a bundle (e.g. fish, birds, arrows)
Kanji
- 隻 ship counter. Read as セキ.
Example sentences
- 岸から遠く離れたところに何せきか船が見える。
I can see some boats far away from the shore. - 何隻かのボートが湖に浮かんでいる。
Some boats are on the lake. - 一隻の船に全部を積む冒険をするな。
Don't risk putting everything in one boat. - 一隻の船が海を走っていた。
There was a ship sailing on the sea. - アテネへ向かう一隻の貨物船が何の痕跡も残さずに地中海で沈没した。
A cargo vessel, bound for Athens, sank in the Mediterranean without a trace.
Words containing 隻
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