How to say "liner" in Japanese

• ライナーCommon
  no-adjectiveLoanword for 'liner'. In baseball it is the word for a line drive, a batted ball hit hard in a straight line. It can also mean the ship, but 定期船 is the word there.
• 定期船ていきせんCommon
  nounThe ship sense of 'liner': literally a 'scheduled ship', a vessel running a regular route on a fixed timetable, an ocean liner. Expect it in shipping and travel contexts.
  定期船ていきせんは、火曜日かようびに神戸港こうべこうに寄港きこうするでしょう。↗

  The liner will call at Kobe on Tuesday.

Use 「ライナー」 for the baseball sense, a hard-hit ball traveling in a straight line, and 定期船 for the ship sense, a vessel running a regular scheduled route.

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• ライナーliner
• 定期船ていきせんliner