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島しま
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Meanings
Noun
1. island
2. one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf (Usually kana, usu. written as シマ)
Other spellings
しま
Kanji used
島island
Pitch accent
しま
Used in vocabulary
島しま流ながし
exile; banishment
Noun
浮うき島しま
floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)
Noun
浮うき島じま
floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)
Noun
鹿か島じま建けん設せつ
Kajima Corporation
Noun
みやまきりしま
Kyushu azalea (Rhododendron kiusianum)
Noun
島しま育そだち
brought up on an island
Noun
島しま巡めぐり
island tour
Noun
島しま伝づたい
from island to island; island-hopping
Noun
離はなれ島じま
remote island; solitary island; outlying island
Noun
秋あき津つ島しま
Japan; Yamato Province
Noun
輪わ島じま塗ぬり
Wajima lacquer
Noun
桜さくら島じま大だい根こん
Sakurajima daikon (the largest variety of radish in the world)
Noun
Examples116
The king reigned over the island.
The island is to the south of Japan.
Seen from the sky, the island was very beautiful.
The action of the story takes place on an island.
They built a small village on an island.
The small island came into sight.