Distinction between 地平線 【ちへいせん】 and 水平線 【すいへいせん】 This sentence comes from goo here: > > A boat appeared on the horizon. When I was attempting to assign the characters their correct readings, > I found on wwwjdic that "horizon" is two words in Japanese: > horizon (related to land) > > horizon (related to sea or lakes) My question: Is goo wrong, or can a ship appear on a (land) horizon?

You may think of a relationship similar to that of /, / or /.







According to the Wikipedia definition, is an alternative name of used when the surface is watery:

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In that example, is more specific and usually better, but is not necessarily wrong, either.

(Also, I think it's technically possible to see a ship coming out from behind an island.)