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67 word matches found for '島' using reading 'しま'
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noun
1. island
2. territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf  (often written with kana only)
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noun
island country
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noun
Kagoshima prefecture (Kyushu)
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noun
1. Hiroshima (city)
2. atomic bombing of Hiroshima
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Most common form: しまじま
noun
islands
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noun
Kurile Islands
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noun
Kurile Islands
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noun
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure  (abbreviation)
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Most common form: シマアジ
noun
striped jack (Pseudocaranx dentex); white trevally  (often written with kana only)
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noun
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875); Russo-Japanese treaty in which Japan exchanged Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands
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Most common form: オオシマザクラ
noun
Oshima cherry (Prunus speciosa)  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: シマカンギク
noun
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum indicum)  (see also: 油菊; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: チシマギキョウ
noun
hairyflower bellflower (Campanula chamissonis)  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: チシマウガラス
noun
red-faced cormorant (Phalacrocorax urile); red-faced shag; violet shag  (often written with kana only)
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noun
Hiroshima prefecture (Chuugoku area)
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noun
Fukushima prefecture (Tohoku area)
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noun
ornament representing the Isle of Eternal Youth
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noun
Shimane prefecture (Chuugoku area)
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noun
1. Yamato (province)  (see also: 大和)
2. Japan  (see also: 日本)
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noun
small-scale version of the 88 temples of Shikoku (i.e. on Awaji Island)  (see also: 四国八十八箇所)
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noun
island wind
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noun
mythological island of demons
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noun
Tokushima prefecture (Shikoku)
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noun
1. floating mass (of waterweeds, ice, etc.)
2. floating island (mirage)
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Most common form: 八洲
noun
Japan  (archaic)
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expression, 'i' adjective
unapproachable
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noun
brought up on an island
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noun
Okinawan pig breed  (see also: アグー)
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noun
traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back  (see also: 島田髷)
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noun
Takeshima problem
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