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島々

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しま
Grade: 3
しま > じま
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
島島

Etymology

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From Old Japanese. First cited to the Nihon Shoki of 720.[1]

Reduplication of (shima, island).[1][2][3][4] The shima changes to jima as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しま)(じま) (shimajima

  1. [from 720] (many) islands
    Synonym: (uncommon) 島嶼 (tōsho)
    • 1928, 菊池幽芳 (Kikuchi Yūhō), 雲仙岳 (Unzen-dake)[3], 青空文庫 (Aozora Bunko):
      (ひだり)(ほう)()(てん)ずると、(はや)(さき)()()から(あま)(くさ)(なだ)へかけ、(だい)(しょう)(いく)()(しま)(じま)(かげ)(かい)(てん)(いっ)(しき)(あいだ)に、()(だい)()()んで()く。
      Hidari no hō ni me o tenzuru to, Hayasaki no seto kara Amakusa Nada e kake, daishō ikuta no shimajima no kage ga kaiten isshiki no aida ni, shidai ni tokekonde iku.
      Turning one’s eyes to the left, one will see the silhouettes of numerous islands, large and small, from the Hayasaki Strait to the Amakusa Sea, gradually blend into the single color of the sea and sky.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 島島”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ 島島”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 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