Set sail in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishOf a ship or its crew: to leave a port and start a voyage.

Definition in Japanese船が港を出て、航海を始めること。

Example sentences

• 港(みなと)に着(つ)いたときには、もう漁船(ぎょせん)は出航(しゅっこう)した後(あと)だった。朝(あさ)の四時(よじ)に出(で)るんだって。🔊

  By the time we got to the harbour, the trawlers had already set sail — they leave at four in the morning.

• 昔(むかし)の漁師(りょうし)は、縁起(えんぎ)の悪(わる)い日(ひ)には天気(てんき)がよくても出航(しゅっこう)しなかったんだって。🔊

  Old sailors refused to set sail on a Friday, and my grandmother still won't start a trip on one.

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