島とう
Meanings
Suffix
1. Island
in place names
Noun
Suffix
2. insula; island; islet
sometimes read しま
Kanji used
island
Pitch accent
と
う
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Used in vocabulary (52 in total)
uninhabited island; desert island
small island; islet
solitary island; isolated island
artificial island; man-made island
archipelago; group of islands
islander; inhabitant of an island
peninsula; Korea
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
on an island; on-island
main island; this island
island group; archipelago
arriving on an island; coming to an island
off an island; away from an island; off-island
island chief
the Philippines
seven islands (e.g. of Izu); Shichito matgrass (Cyperus malaccensis)
the whole island; all the islands (of a group)
volcanic island
sea fort; island fort
Guam (island)
name of an island
the four northern islands (held by Russia); south Kuril Islands; northern territories
islets of Langerhans; pancreatic islets
Mindanao (the second-largest island in the Philippines)
territorial island; island regarded as attached to a country
island arc; crescent-shaped archipelago
Great Britain (island)
language island; speech island
Antikythera mechanism (ancient Greek analog computer used to make astronomical predictions)
continental island; island formed by separation from a continent
pancreatic islets; islets of Langerhans
beauty of scattered islets and islands (esp. of the Seto Inland Sea); beautiful scenery of an archipelago
Austronesian languages
Manx (language)
insular cortex; insula
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)
island government office
Examples (3 in total)
Where is Yongbyon island?
A few years ago, I tried a Japanese-style bath on New Zealand's South Island.
It's worth going to Bali because you can see the amazing sunset.