Search Terms: 島*
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noun
1.
island
2.
one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang), one's turf(usually kana)
See also:縄張り (なわばり)
Other readings:
嶋【しま】
noun
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island country(sometimes used as a metaphor for Japan)
Other readings:
島国【とうごく】
noun
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striped jack (Pseudocaranx dentex), white trevally(usually kana)
Other readings:
しまあじ《縞鯵》
、しまあじ《島鯵》[1]
、シマアジ
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun
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faint outlines of an island, vague shape of an island, silhouette of an island
noun
1.
mother tongue (from the island where one was raised)(usually kana, Ryuukyuu-ben (dialect))
2.
Okinawan neologism (developed by the language revival movement)(usually kana, Ryuukyuu-ben (dialect))
Other readings:
しまくとぅば《島くとぅば》
、しまクトゥバ《島クトゥバ》
、シマクトゥバ
noun
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island country mentality, insular spirit, insularism, insularity(yojijukugo)
noun
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small-scale version of the 88 temples of Shikoku (Awaji Island, Shōdoshima, etc.)
See also:四国八十八箇所
noun, no-adjective
•
all over the island, throughout the island, on the island
noun
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decorated flip-flops (esp. in Okinawa)
Other readings:
島草履【しまぞうり】
noun
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pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period, shimada coiffure(abbreviation)
noun
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pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period, shimada coiffure
See also:島田 (しまだ)
Other readings:
島田髷【しまだわげ】