島しま
Meanings
Noun
1. island
They said they want to make something that can only be eaten on this island.
2. one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
usu. written as シマ
This is another gang's turf, so be careful.
Kanji used
island
Pitch accent
し
ま
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Used in vocabulary (76 in total)
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
all over the island; throughout the island; on the island
Yamato (province); Japan; the art of classical Japanese poetry
exile; banishment
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
faint outlines of an island; vague shape of an island; silhouette of an island
Shimane (prefecture); (arch.) island country
island chief
floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)
Kuril Islands; Kurile Islands; Chishima Islands
brought up on an island
Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638)
Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)
left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
island wind
left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
island mountain
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
lee of an island; area hidden by an island
Japan; Yamato Province
ornament representing the Isle of Eternal Youth
Oshima tsumugi weave (type of pongee made in the Amami islands)
traditional Okinawan folk music
lee of an island; area hidden by an island
galaxy; island universe
from island to island; island-hopping
left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
mythical island inhabited only by women; isle of women; women-only location
Enoshima Electric Railway
striped cloth
Takashimaya; Takashimaya (Japanese department store chain)
island language; island dialect
Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)
Liancourt Rocks dispute (territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea)
Tanegashima (Japanese matchlock gun); arquebus; harquebus
Oshima tsumugi weave (type of pongee made in the Amami islands)
island language; island dialect
small-scale version of the 88 temples of Shikoku (Awaji Island, Shōdoshima, etc.)
island platform; center platform; centre platform
decorated flip-flops (esp. in Okinawa)
Nabeshima porcelains; Nabeshima ware
Nabeshima porcelains; Nabeshima ware
Tsushima Faction (of the LDP)
decorated flip-flops (esp. in Okinawa)
Okinawan pig breed
Blakiston's fish owl (Bubo blakistoni)
long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus japonicus)
striped jack (Pseudocaranx dentex); white trevally
elegant pit viper (Protobothrops elegans); elegant tree viper
Arisaema urashima (species of cobra lily)
Kyushu azalea (Rhododendron kiusianum)
Bupleurum stenophyllum (species of medicinal herb)
mother tongue (from the island where one was raised); Okinawan neologism (developed by the language revival movement)
mother tongue (from the island where one was raised); Okinawan neologism (developed by the language revival movement)
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum indicum)
yellow-breasted bunting (Emberiza aureola)
Himalayan ash (Fraxinus griffithii); Griffith's ash
Mount Penglai; Japan
Tamatsu Island (a fictional island in the Fortune Arterial visual novel)
Nakashima Station (Hiroshima)
Takashima Station
Hakushima Station
Kanashima Station
Examples (115 in total)
Britain is an island.
Is Australia an island?
There are islands on the sea.