Pilot guide - Mizusaki Guide

Japanese: 水先案内 - みずさきあんない
Pilot guide - Mizusaki Guide
〘noun〙① A person who boards a ship or pilots a ship to guide it through the correct waterway when it enters or leaves a port, or when it passes through waters such as inland seas or canals. Also, the person in question. Mito guide. Water pilot. Road guide. →Pilot's office. *Kinseikibun (1875-81)〈Somesaki Nobufusa〉3 "The role of water guide for the departing warship will continue to be, as in the past, one of the senior officials of the Foreign Affairs Department." ② (figuratively) To guide the way. *Gunbyo (1928)〈Tateno Nobuyuki 〉1 "We ended up piloting the enemy."

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Japanese:
〘名〙① 船舶が港湾に出入りするとき、内海や運河などの水域を通航するときに、その船に乗り込み、または水先船で正しい水路を案内すること。また、その人。水戸案内。水先。道先。→水先区。※近世紀聞(1875‐81)〈染崎延房〉三「又右軍艦出帆の節水先案内(ミヅサキアンナイ)はこれ迄の通り外国掛の重役の内一人」② (比喩的に) 進むべき道を案内すること。※軍隊病(1928)〈立野信之〉一「俺達は敵の水先案内をして了ったのだった」

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