How to say "fleet" in Japanese

• 船団せんだんCommon
  nounThe common word for 'fleet' in the sense of a group of ships — a fishing fleet, a naval fleet, or a convoy. Think of a convoy of merchant ships crossing the ocean together.
• 船隊せんたい
  nounAlso means 'fleet', but it is a less common word than 船団, and for a fishing or naval fleet or a convoy it is seldom the one you want; 船団 is the usual choice.

For 'fleet' as a group of ships — a fishing or naval fleet, or a convoy — 船団 is the common, default word; 船隊 also means 'fleet' but is less common, so it is seldom the word you need.

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• 船団せんだんfleet (fishing, naval, etc.)
• 船隊せんたいfleet
• 艦隊かんたい(naval) fleet