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助け舟 [news2,nf35] 助け船助けぶね [sK]
たすけぶね [news2,nf35]
1. [n]
▶ lifeboat
2. [n]
▶ friend in need
▶ helping hand
▶ timely help



History:
5. A 2023-04-11 06:42:55  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2023-04-11 04:52:55  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
助け舟	48035
助け船	21458
助けぶね	0	0.0%
  Comments:
Super rare.
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
3. A 2017-09-13 16:29:42  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
googits
  Diff:
@@ -10,0 +11,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>助けぶね</keb>
2. A 2016-05-25 06:03:47  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I think 舟 suggests a smaller boat than 船,
so it makes sense.
1. A* 2016-05-25 01:34:42  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5, etc. etc. (most refs split.) G n-grams:
助け船	21458
助け舟	48035
  Comments:
The n-grams frequencies are interesting (as is the newspaper-based tagging). 船 is grade 2 and 舟 in the secondary school batch.The rankings are 713 and 1786, but obviously people are preferring 助け舟. My IME only offers 助け船.
  Diff:
@@ -4,3 +3,0 @@
-<k_ele>
-<keb>助け船</keb>
-</k_ele>
@@ -10,0 +8,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>助け船</keb>
@@ -19,0 +20,3 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
@@ -20,0 +24 @@
+<gloss>helping hand</gloss>

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