Dock in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishTo bring a boat or a ship in alongside a quay or a pier and stop there.

Definition in Japanese船を岸壁や桟橋に横づけして止めること。

Example sentences

• あと十分(じゅっぷん)で接岸(せつがん)するよ。バスは待(ま)ってくれないから、荷物(にもつ)まとめて！🔊

  Get your bags together — we dock in ten minutes and the coach won't wait for us.

• あの船(ふね)、昼(ひる)からずっと沖(おき)で待(ま)ってる。タグボートが来(こ)ないと接岸(せつがん)できないんだって。🔊

  That ship's been sitting outside the harbour since lunch — it can't dock till the tugboats come out.

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