Canoe in Japanese
In Japanese
カヌー
kanū
Definition
Definition in EnglishA light, narrow open boat, pointed at both ends, that you move with a paddle.
Definition in Japanese両端がとがった細長くて軽い舟。片側だけに水かきのあるパドルでこぐ。
Example sentences
このカヌーって、犬を乗せても安定してるかな？暴れたらみんな川に落ちそう。
Is the canoe stable enough to take the dog, or will he have us all in the river?
流れに逆らって三時間もカヌーを漕いだから、まだ肩がパンパンだよ。
Three hours paddling that canoe upriver, and my shoulders are still killing me.
カヌーを水に下ろすだけで膝まで泥にはまった。まだ乗ってもいないのに。
We sank into the mud up to our knees just launching the canoe, and that was before we'd even got in.