JLPT N1 · Noun

海運 (kaiun)

海運 (かいうん, kaiun) is a Japanese noun meaning “maritime transport; shipping”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かいうん
Romaji: kaiun
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

maritime transport; shipping · noun

Example sentences

海運会社に勤めています。

I work for a shipping company.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 海運

海

sea, oceanカイ・うみ · 9 strokes

運

carry, luck, destinyウン・はこ.ぶ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 海運.

海うみsea海岸かいがんseashore海外かいがいforeign航海こうかい(sea) voyage海洋かいようocean海水浴かいすいよくswimming in the ocean海峡かいきょうchannel (e.g. between two land masses)海抜かいばつheight above sea level海流かいりゅうocean current海路かいろsea route領海りょうかいterritorial waters運動うんどうexercise運転うんてんoperation (of a machine)運ぶはこぶto carry

Source: JMdict entry 1201230 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.