オキナワ
Meanings
Noun
1. Okinawa (südlichste Präfektur Japans; Hptst. ist Naha)
2. Okinawa (größte der Ryūkyū-Inseln; im Zweiten Weltkrieg Schauplatz heftiger Kämpfe; bis 1972 von den USA besetzt; bis heute zweitwichtigste Militärbasis der USA in Ostasien)
Pitch accent
キナワ
Composed of
hohe See; offenes Meer; abgelegenes Feld
Seil; Tau; Strick; Festnahme
Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
Präfektur Okinawa (südlichste Präfektur Japans; Hptst. ist Naha)
Schlacht um Okinawa (letzte Schlacht zwischen japan. und US-amerik. Streitkräften auf Okinawa im Zweiten Weltkrieg; 1. April - 30. Juni 1945)
Okinawan food; Okinawan cuisine
Examples (19 in total)
It rains a lot in Okinawa.
Have you ever been to Okinawa?
How long does it take to reach Okinawa?
The President of France visited Okinawa.
He put off his trip to Okinawa.
He has never been to Okinawa before.
How long does it take to go to Okinawa by plane?
How many hours does it take to go to Okinawa by plane?
You have never been to Okinawa, have you?
Okinawa is the southernmost island in Japan.
I like the warm sea around Okinawa.
We saw the bird when we visited Okinawa.
The singer, who is from Okinawa, is very popular among young people.
According to the weather forecast, the typhoon is approaching Okinawa.
Are you aware that Okinawa is closer to China than to Honshu?
Okinawa has a fine climate all year round.
Okinawa is different from Japan culturally.
Our plane leaves at noon, arriving in Okinawa at 1:30.
It happened that in August, 1984 my work obliged me to go to Okinawa.