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丸船

English translation: Japanese ship, Japanese vessel

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Japanese term or phrase:丸船
English translation:Japanese ship, Japanese vessel
Entered by: d-chan

06:42 Oct 10, 2012
Japanese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Ships, Sailing, Maritime / maritime transportation
Japanese term or phrase: 丸船
In the follwoing context:

丸船で出す　or　丸船でチャーターアウトする

I have no idea what "丸船" means.
These sentences appeared in an e-mail exchange between people talking about transporting vehicles by vessels.

Please help me.
d-chan
Local time: 18:15
Japanese ship, Japanese vessel
Explanation:
日本で作られる船の名前にはたいていｘｘ丸と「丸」がつきます。
このため日本船を英語でmaru shipと言うことがあるそうです。
今回の場合はそれを逆に日本語にしたものではないでしょうか。
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balius (X)
Local time: 18:15
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Thank you! I thank all of you for your input because I was totally at loss.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2Japanese ship, Japanese vessel
balius (X)
3Maru ship
Yuko Fujita
1full ship charter of a vessel
cinefil


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
full ship charter of a vessel


Explanation:
http://www.agilitylogistics.com/en/GIL/Pages/Project_Logisti...
http://www.sencarga.com/en/?page_id=1237

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Note added at 10 mins (2012-10-10 06:52:45 GMT)
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sorry:full ship charter or full charter of a vessel

cinefil
Japan
Local time: 18:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 12
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Japanese ship, Japanese vessel


Explanation:
日本で作られる船の名前にはたいていｘｘ丸と「丸」がつきます。
このため日本船を英語でmaru shipと言うことがあるそうです。
今回の場合はそれを逆に日本語にしたものではないでしょうか。



    Reference: http://moeka-kosmos.seesaa.net/archives/201010-2.html
balius (X)
Local time: 18:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Japanese
Grading comment
Thank you! I thank all of you for your input because I was totally at loss.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nathan Takase: This does seem likely. I found at least one source referring to Japanese ships as 丸船: http://www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Renge/9867/maruship.htm...
49 mins
  -> Thanks, Nathan!
agree  V N Ganesh: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_ship-naming_conventions
6 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Maru ship


Explanation:
http://www.wdic.org/w/GEO/MARU-Ship

Maru ship means Japanese vessels. So, previous answers are correct. It is also translated as maru ship. FYI

Yuko Fujita
United States
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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