island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
Island; insula; island; islet
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
Fukushima Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Kagoshima Prefecture (Kyūshū)
island in a pond or river
uninhabited island; desert island
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
Shimane Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
solitary island; isolated island
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
Tokushima Prefecture (Shikoku)
islander; inhabitant of an island
archipelago; group of islands
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
Shimane (prefecture); (arch.) island country
artificial island; man-made island
floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)
island group; archipelago
Qingdao (China); Tsingtao; Chingtao
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
Urashima Tarō; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
all over the island; throughout the island; on the island
Kashima Antlers (Japanese pro soccer team)
archipelago; chain of islands
the four northern islands (held by Russia); south Kuril Islands; northern territories
Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
Yamato (province); Japan; the art of classical Japanese poetry
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
off an island; away from an island; off-island
Noto Peninsula (Ishikawa Prefecture)
faint outlines of an island; vague shape of an island; silhouette of an island
Dejima; artificial island in Nagasaki used as a Portuguese and Dutch trading post between 1634 and 1854
Nansei Islands; Ryukyu Islands; chain of islands extending from southwestern Kyushu to northern Taiwan
arriving on an island; coming to an island
isolated place; out-of-the-way place; remote part of the land
Mindanao (the second-largest island in the Philippines)
island area; insular region
Kuril Islands; Kurile Islands; Chishima Islands
Balkans; Balkan Peninsula
remote island; distant island; banishment to a remote island (Edo-period punishment)
Kuril Islands; Kurile Islands; Chishima Islands
the whole island; all the islands (of a group)
seven islands (e.g. of Izu); Shichito matgrass (Cyperus malaccensis)
floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)
remote island; solitary island; outlying island
going onto an island; arriving on an island
left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638)
bottom part of the upper cross-beam of a torii
visiting an island; trip to an island
left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back
ornament representing the Isle of Eternal Youth
Fukushima Medical University
Fukushima Prefectural Police (abbr)
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
Liancourt Rocks dispute (territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea)
Hiroshima Prefectural Police (abbr)
Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
Enoshima Electric Railway
traditional Okinawan folk music
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
cat island; island with a large domestic cat population
Falkland Islands; Falklands
Ryukyu Islands; southern chain of the Nansei Islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
islands of the Pacific Ocean; Pacific Islands
lee of an island; area hidden by an island
Oshima tsumugi weave (type of pongee made in the Amami islands)
island country mentality; insular spirit; insularism; insularity
Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki (usu. contains noodles and meat and/or seafood which are not mixed in with the batter)
island arc; crescent-shaped archipelago
Hiroshima International University
islets of Langerhans; pancreatic islets
island area; insular region
Kagoshima Prefectural Police (abbr)
lee of an island; area hidden by an island
unswept hairdo originating in the mid-eighteenth century (now popular at traditional weddings)
Sakurajima daikon (the largest variety of radish in the world)
Rip van Winkle feeling; feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to one's hometown
Tamatsu Island (a fictional island in the Fortune Arterial visual novel)
Tokushima Bunri University
Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)
island arc; crescent-shaped archipelago
to set upon a journey; to start travelling; to set off on a trip
Shimane Prefectural Police (abbr)
tied island; land-tied island
the island country of Japan; the Japanese Isles
type of woman's hairdo (Edo period)
Hiroshima University of Economics
Hiroshima City University
Tokushima Prefectural Police (abbr)
from island to island; island-hopping
left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
escaping from an island exile
mythical island inhabited only by women; isle of women; women-only location
mythical island inhabited only by women; isle of women; women-only location
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (Japanese pro baseball team)
chain of volcanic islands; Volcano Islands (Japan)
Hiroshima Jogakuin University
territorial island; island regarded as attached to a country
inhabitants of the main island; native inhabitants of Taiwan (in contrast to Japanese colonists)
Shinjuu Ten no Amijima (Love Suicides at Amijima) - play by Chikamatsu, film by Masahiro Shinoda
the art of classical Japanese poetry
Hiroshima Shudo University
Onokoro Island (island formed by drops of water falling from the heavenly jeweled spear); Onogoro Island; (arch.) Japan
A Plan for Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago (1972 LDP policy proposal)
island language; island dialect
Hiroshima cabbage (var. of Chinese cabbage)
Onokoro Island (island formed by drops of water falling from the heavenly jeweled spear); Onogoro Island; (arch.) Japan
Republic of the Marshall Islands
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Oshima cherry (Prunus speciosa)
type of woman's hairdo (Edo period)
pancreatic islets; islets of Langerhans
continental island; island formed by separation from a continent
Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University
Nabeshima porcelains; Nabeshima ware
Shimane Medical University (merged with Shimane University in 2003)
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875); Russo-Japanese treaty in which Japan exchanged Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands
Yamato (province); Japan; the art of classical Japanese poetry
island language; island dialect
Gulag Archipelago (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art
The International University of Kagoshima
language island; speech island
Antikythera mechanism (ancient Greek analog computer used to make astronomical predictions)
mythical island inhabited only by women; isle of women; women-only location
Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)
hairyflower bellflower (Campanula chamissonis)
Takashimaya; Takashimaya (Japanese department store chain)
group of islands; island group; archipelago
Fukushima Industries Corporation
Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
Fukushima Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
Kagoshima Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Shimane Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Tokushima Prefecture (Shikoku)
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
striped jack (Pseudocaranx dentex); white trevally
Oshima tsumugi weave (type of pongee made in the Amami islands)
Blakiston's fish owl (Bubo blakistoni)
Tanegashima (Japanese matchlock gun); arquebus; harquebus
Tanegashima (Japanese matchlock gun); arquebus; harquebus
long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus japonicus)
Onokoro Island (island formed by drops of water falling from the heavenly jeweled spear); Onogoro Island; (arch.) Japan
Himalayan ash (Fraxinus griffithii); Griffith's ash
Himalayan ash (Fraxinus griffithii); Griffith's ash
mythical island inhabited only by women; isle of women; women-only location
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Arisaema urashima (species of cobra lily)
elegant pit viper (Protobothrops elegans); elegant tree viper
Nabeshima porcelains; Nabeshima ware
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875); Russo-Japanese treaty in which Japan exchanged Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands
group of islands; island group; archipelago
type of yellow carrot grown in Okinawa
peninsular country (e.g. Italy, Korea)
Tsushima Faction (of the LDP)
larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)
island arc (like the Aleutian Islands)
small-scale version of the 88 temples of Shikoku (Awaji Island, Shōdoshima, etc.)
United States Virgin Islands
Bombardment of Yeonpyeong (November 23, 2010)
Invasion of Ryukyu (by the Satsuma-based Shimazu clan; 1609)
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR
United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)
Korean living in Japan; person of Korean descent
decorated flip-flops (esp. in Okinawa)
decorated flip-flops (esp. in Okinawa)
former municipal system used for some islands in Japan
Small Island Developing States; SIDS
beauty of scattered islets and islands (esp. of the Seto Inland Sea); beautiful scenery of an archipelago
island platform; center platform; centre platform
Shichito matgrass (Cyperus malaccensis)
Hiroshima Prefectural University
Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art
Hiroshima Institute of Technology
Hiroshima Junior College of Automotive Engineering
Hiroshima Women's University
Hiroshima Denki Institute of Technology
Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's College
Hiroshima Peace Institute
Kagoshima Keizai University
Kagoshima Women's College
Ocean University of China
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.; IHI
Shimane University Library
SPC Electronics Corporation
Tokushima Prefectural Library
The University of Tokushima (abbr)
Fukushima Women's Junior College
Kagoshima Immaculate Heart University
Hiroshima Bunkyo University
Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen University
Hiroshima Cosmopolitan University
The Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of Nursing
Nakashima Station (Hiroshima)
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum indicum)
Ijima's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus ijimae); Izu leaf warbler, Ijima's willow warbler; Ijima's warbler
red-faced cormorant (Phalacrocorax urile); red-faced shag; violet shag
red-faced cormorant (Phalacrocorax urile); red-faced shag; violet shag
woolly geranium (Geranium erianthum)
kamraj (Helminthostachys zeylanica); tunjuk-langit; di wu gong
Pyropia kurogii (species of red algae)
arctic raspberry (Rubus arcticus)
mother tongue (from the island where one was raised); Okinawan neologism (developed by the language revival movement)
mother tongue (from the island where one was raised); Okinawan neologism (developed by the language revival movement)
mother tongue (from the island where one was raised); Okinawan neologism (developed by the language revival movement)
Xenograpsus novaeinsularis (crab species)
Kyushu azalea (Rhododendron kiusianum)
yellow-breasted bunting (Emberiza aureola)
yellow-breasted bunting (Emberiza aureola)
Bupleurum stenophyllum (species of medicinal herb)