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Meanings
Suffix
1. しま。
Kanji used
island
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (47 in total)
① 誰も住んでいない島。
① 小さい島。おじま。
solitary island
artificial island; man-made island
① 島の住民。
① ある区域に散在する多くの島。
① 三方向を海もしくは湖に囲まれ、一方向でのみ、より大きな陸地と繋がっている地形。② 朝鮮半島。
on an island; on-island
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
main island; this island
① ある海域に纏まって群がる多くの島。
arriving on an island
off an island; away from an island; off-island
① 島の住民。
① 島の番人。
the Philippines
the whole island
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
① その国に属する島。② 大陸や本島に属する島。
island arc; crescent-shaped archipelago
Great Britain (island)
language island; speech island
Antikythera mechanism; ancient analog computer used for astronomical predictions
continental island; island formed by separation from a continent
pancreatic islets; islets of Langerhans
① 大小さまざまな島。「島」は大きなしま、「嶼」は小さなしまを指す。
Austronesian (family of 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?
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.