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運搬
Meaning in Englishtransport, carriage
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What it means
What does 運搬 mean? It denotes the act of transporting goods from one location to another, typically in logistics and warehousing, focusing on the physical movement of items.
Main meanings
- Primary act of physically moving goods from one location to another within logistics and warehousing — unpan.
- Used in formal or technical contexts such as shipping, freight, and inventory management — unpan.
- Emphasizes the transport operation itself rather than the final handover to customers — unpan.
How to use it
運搬 is used in formal, technical contexts such as logistics, warehousing, and freight management to refer to the physical transfer of goods between locations. It appears as a noun and in compounds like 運搬作業 or 運搬費; in casual conversation you would instead say 輸送 or 貨物を運ぶ.
Variants and close terms
- 運送, unsō — general shipping/transport
- 搬送, hansō — conveyance within a facility
- 輸送, yusō — systematic transportation of goods
Composition
- 運: to carry, transport; 搬: to move; together they denote moving goods from one place to another, i.e., transportation operations
Etymology
kanji 運 un, 搬 ban/han; うんぱん (unpan) is formed by combining the on'yomi readings of 運 and 搬, a common pattern for Sino-Japanese compound nouns.
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noun (suru-verb)
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運営
unei
management, administration, operation
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運送
unsou
shipping, freight
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運賃
unchin
freight rates, shipping expenses, (passenger) fare
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運命
ummei
fate
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運輸
unyu
transportation
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運用
unyou
making use of, application, practical use
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海運
kaiun
marine transportation
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運河
unga
canal, waterway
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不運
fuun
unlucky, misfortune, bad luck
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