on keel

of a watercraft usually figuratively

(of a watercraft, etc.) Moving straight ahead without wobbling or tilting. / (figuratively) Under control, proceeding or running smoothly.

Japanese Meaning

水上交通では、船などが左右にふらつくことなく、直進している状態を示す。 / 比喩的に、状況が安定しており、物事が順調に進んでいる状態を表す。

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With the load balanced, the ferry moved on keel across the calm estuary, neither wobbling nor listing.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

荷物の重心が整えられて、フェリーは穏やかな河口を揺れたり傾いたりせずにまっすぐ進んだ。

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Sense（1）

(of a watercraft, etc.) Moving straight ahead without wobbling or tilting.

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Sense（2）

(figuratively) Under control, proceeding or running smoothly.

He walked-ran day after day although it was a living bore, the sameness, the ritual. This extraordinary world—is this how life wants me to live it? But he ran to keep himself on keel, to wind himself into work the next morning.

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