Ship owner

Japanese: 船主 - ふなぬし

〘noun〙① The owner of a ship. Shipkeeper. Senshu. ※Hitachi Fudoki (around 717-724) Kashima: "After dawn, the great god of heaven announced, 'Your ship is in the sea, ' and you boarded it. The boat's owner looked and saw that it was on top of a hill." ② Ship's captain. ※Koyasan Nikki ( around 1372) "We are all sailors, and we follow the law, so we rely only on the boatman and go."

Ship owner

〘 noun 〙 The owner of a ship. The owner of a ship. Funanushi. ※Essays, Byeongsoktan (1729), vol. 5 "Therefore, in local conversations, he is called Funanushi, and in the correct pronunciation, he is called Ta." ※Seikoku Risshi (1870-71), translated by Nakamura Masanao, vol. 1 "In exchange, he agreed with the shipowner that he would load sekitan (charcoal) ." [Nanshi - Genseki no Den]

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 船の所有者。船持。せんしゅ。※常陸風土記（717‐724頃）香島「天の大神、昧爽(よあ)けて後に、宣りたまひしく、汝が舟は海の中に置きつ、とのりたまひき。舟主(ふなぬし)仍りて見るに、岡の上にあり」② ふなおさ。船長。※高野日記（1372頃）「ろもかひもわれらはとらで法のみち、ただふなぬしをたのみてぞゆく」