シマ
Meanings
Noun
1. island
2. one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (47 in total)
Yamato; (ancient) Japan
Japan
matchlock; arquebus; harquebus
Examples (91 in total)
Britain is an island.
Is Australia an island?
There are islands on the sea.
The islanders are nice.
We saw an island in the distance.
This island is beautiful.
Greece has many islands.
The small island came into sight.
Japan has lots of islands.
Few people live on the island.
The island was enveloped in a thick fog.
What's the population of this island?
The treasure was buried on the island.
That island is American territory.
The king reigned over the island.
We were landed on a lonely island.
We can see the island in the distance.
The island was struck by the typhoon.
How many islands are in Germany?
Coconuts grew on my island.
By whom was the island discovered?
No one lived on the island at that time.
It's impossible to live on that island.
They built a small village on an island.
They had difficulties reaching the island.
The island is easy to reach by boat.
No animals are to be found on the island.
Once there lived an old woman on a small island.
The island is a paradise for children.
The island lies to the west of Japan.
Japan has thousands of islands.
There's only one store on the island.
How many people live on this island?
The island showed black in the moonlight.
The island is cut off far from the mainland.
Most snakes on this island are harmless.
How many temples are there on this island?
Japan has countless islands.
The weather bureau stationed personnel on the island.
We took a ferry from the island to the mainland.
That island has a tropical climate.
The economy of the island is dependent on the fishing industry.
Captain Cook discovered those islands.
The island is very easy to reach.
Seen from the sky, the island was very beautiful.
Do you see that ship near the island?
There once lived an old man on that island.
In winter, the island is covered with ice and snow.
The island is to the south of Japan.
Viewed from a distance, the island looked like a cloud.
We arrived on the island two days later.
The action of the story takes place on an island.
Seen from a plane, that island is very beautiful.
In clear weather, we can see the island from here.
They landed on an island safely yesterday.
Okinawa is the southernmost island in Japan.
Many tourists come to this island every year.
The government transported goods to the island by helicopter.
Japan is an island country, and it consists of four main islands.
There are still some savage tribes on that island.
Thanks to the favorable wind, we soon reached the island.
It has never snowed on the island.
Tell me when you first saw the island.
At a distance, the ship looks like an island.
The custom of bowing is peculiar to the islanders.
He took me over to the island in his boat.
This tour takes in each of the five main islands.
After the disaster, there was scarcely any water left on the island.
There is no way of reaching the island other than by boat.
Is it possible to land a plane on this island?
Seen from the top of the hill, the island is very beautiful.
A long time ago, there lived an old king on a small island.
The main islands of Japan are Hokkaido, Shikoku, Honshu and Kyushu.
Once upon a time there lived an old king on a small island.
It is believed that the festival comes from the South Pacific islands.
Seen from an airplane, the island looks like a big spider.
On an island in the Seine, there is a big church called Notre Dame.
Why don't you try doing whatever you want on this island too?
Whenever I visited the island, I was impressed by the beauty of its nature.
The island as seen from above resembles a pear in shape.
The island is warm all year.
There are many rivers on that island.
This island belonged to France in the 19th century.
The island is nearly a mile across.
In the middle of the lake lies the island.
There weren't many visitors spending their vacations on the island in April.
Italo Calvino was born in 1923 in Cuba.
How long does it take to go to the Toshima Ward Office?
It will cost you $100 to fly to the island.
I had lived in Sendai for ten years before I visited Matsushima.
Japan consists of four main islands and many other smaller islands.