硫黄島
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | ||
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硫 | 黄 | 島 |
い Grade: S |
おう Grade: 2 |
とう Grade: 3 |
jukujikun | on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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硫黃島 (kyūjitai) |
Compound of 硫黄 (iō, “sulfur”) + 島 (-tō, “island”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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- an island in the Ogasawara island chain
Derived terms
See also
- 硫黄列島 (Iō Rettō)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | ||
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硫 | 黄 | 島 |
い Grade: S |
おう Grade: 2 |
しま > じま Grade: 3 |
jukujikun | kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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硫黃島 (kyūjitai) |
Compound of 硫黄 (iō, “sulfur”) + 島 (shima, “island”).
The shima changes to jima as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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- one of the Satsunan islands in Kagoshima Prefecture
- (historical, now uncommon) an island in the Ogasawara island chain [since 1944]
Descendants
- → English: Iwo Jima
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN