Dictionary / Vocabulary / 船
ふね · also せん
ship; boat; watercraft; vessel
JLPT N3 common word Also written 舟、槽
まるで、沈む船から逃げるネズミみたいね。
It's just like rats leaving a sinking ship.
見渡すと、既に船はかなり沖の方にいた。
Looking around the boat was already quite far out in the open sea.
むろん、舟は何百艘も水面を動きまわっているが、どれでもいいというわけにはいかない。
Of course there were several hundred boats moving around on the water but not just any old one would do.