しまだ

Japanese

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しまだ • (shimada)

For pronunciation and definitions of しまだ – see the following entries.

【島田】

[noun] Clipping of 島田髷 (Shimada mage, a traditional Japanese hairstyle).

[noun] (slang, metonymically) young woman around the age of marriage, known for wearing the Shimada hairstyle

[proper noun] Shimada (a city and train station in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan)

[proper noun] A neighborhood of Tenpaku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.

[proper noun] A neighborhood of Ōwani, Aomori Prefecture.

[proper noun] The neighborhoods of Komatsu and Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture.

[proper noun] The neighborhoods of Ushiku and Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture.

[proper noun] A neighborhood of Nakatsu, Ōita Prefecture.

[proper noun] The neighborhoods of Yatsushiro, Jōnan and Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture.

[proper noun] A neighborhood of Sakado, Saitama Prefecture.

[proper noun] A neighborhood of Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture.

[proper noun] The neighborhoods of Ichihara and Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture.

[proper noun] The neighborhoods of Ashikaga and Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture.

[proper noun] The neighborhoods of Agano, Sanjō, Jōetsu and Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture.

[proper noun] A neighborhood of Chikuga, Fukuoka Prefecture.

[proper noun] A neighborhood of Kuwana, Mie Prefecture.

[proper noun] A neighborhood of Kakuda, Miyagi Prefecture.

[proper noun] A neighborhood of Shōnai, Yamagata Prefecture.

[proper noun] A neighborhood of Inami, Wakayama Prefecture.

[proper noun] a surname

【嶋田】	[proper noun] Shimada (a neighborhood of Taketoyo, Aichi Prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] a surname

(This term, しまだ (shimada), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 嶌田, 鴇田.)