Word Meaning 船員

せんいん senin

船員 is read as せんいん (senin) and means sailor.

Meaning

English

  1. sailor
  2. seaman
  3. seafarer

Reading

Kana

せんいん

Romaji

senin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 14514 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

船舶職員

せんぱくしょくいん

ship's personnel

船員保険

せんいんほけん

seamen's insurance

船員労働委員会

せんいんろうどういいんかい

Labour Relations Commission for Seafarers

高級船員

こうきゅうせんいん

officer (of a ship)

漁船乗組員

ぎょせんのりくみいん

fisherman

漁船員

ぎょせんいん

fisherman

船長

せんちょう

boatman

船便

ふなびん

ferry service

ふね

counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

船主

せんしゅ

shipowner

船腹

せんぷく

side or bottom of a ship

船旅

ふなたび

trip by boat

Example Sentences

1

Even at the end of the nineteenth century, sailors in the British Navy were not permitted to use knives and forks because using them was considered a sign of weakness.