島国

See also: 島國

Japanese

Kanji in this term
島	国
しま Grade: 3	くに > ぐに Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
島國 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 島 (shima, “island”) +‎ 国 (kuni, “country, land, region”).

The kuni changes to guni as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しまぐに [shìmáꜜgùnì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɕima̠ɡɯ̟ɲ̟i]

Noun

島(しま)国(ぐに) • (shimaguni) 

1. an island country, island state
2. an island

Derived terms

• 島国(しまぐに)根性(こんじょう) (shimaguni konjō)
• 島国(しまぐに)的(てき) (shimaguni-teki)