とう
Meanings
Suffix
1. Island
in place names
Noun
Suffix
2. insula; island; islet
sometimes read しま
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (47 in total)
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
peninsula; Korea
island group; archipelago
uninhabited island; desert island
the whole island
small island; islet
solitary island
artificial island; man-made island
islander
archipelago; group of islands
on an island; on-island
main island; this island
island chief
arriving on an island
off an island; away from an island; off-island
islanders
the Philippines
islands
volcanic island
sea fort; island fort
Guam (island)
Easter Island
name of an island
the four northern islands (held by Russia); south Kuril Islands; northern territories
islets of Langerhans; pancreatic islets
territorial island; island regarded as attached to a country
island arc; crescent-shaped archipelago
Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)
Great Britain (island)
pancreatic islets; islets of Langerhans
continental island; island formed by separation from a continent
Antikythera mechanism; ancient analog computer used for astronomical predictions
language island; speech island
island government office
island empire
Anguilla (island)
Guernsey (island)
Guadeloupe (island)
Saint Kitts (island)
Haiti (island)
Grenada (island of)
larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)
Austronesian (family of languages)
insular cortex; insula
Manx (language)
Examples (3 in total)
Where is Yongbyon island?
It's worth going to Bali because you can see the amazing sunset.
A few years ago, I tried a Japanese-style bath on New Zealand's South Island.