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島
Island
しま (shima)
JLPT N3
Interesting Fact
Japan consists of over 14,000 islands, although four main islands—Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku—contain almost all of the country's population. It's no surprise that 島 appears in many Japanese place names.
Memory Trick
Imagine a lonely ISLAND surrounded by endless blue water with a single bird flying overhead. That isolated land is 島.
Readings
Onyomi: トウ (tou)
Kunyomi: しま (shima)
Example Words
島
しま (shima)
Island
無人島
むじんとう (mujintou)
Uninhabited island
島国
しまぐに (shimaguni)
Island country
半島
はんとう (hantou)
Peninsula
Example Sentence
この 島は とても 美しいです。
この しまは とても うつくしいです。
kono shima wa totemo utsukushii desu
This island is very beautiful.