黒船

黒船

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黒	船
くろ Grade: 2	ふね Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Literally “black ship”, due to their black paint jobs, often made with tar.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) くろふね [kùrófúné] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ɸɯ̟ᵝne̞]

Noun

黒船 (hiragana くろふね, rōmaji kurofune)

1. (historical) Western ship that came to Japan

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9