虚舟

Reading

Kana: うつろぶね

Romaji: utsurobune

Definition

noun

1

unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)

Kanji

虚

Readings: キョ、 コ、 むな.しい、 うつ.ろ

Meanings: void, emptiness, unpreparedness, crack, fissure, untruth

舟

Readings: シュウ、 ふね、 ふな-、 -ぶね

Meanings: boat, ship