その船が見えてきた。

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship; tank; tub; vat; trough; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)