island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
Island; insula; island; islet
uninhabited island; desert island
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
island in a pond or river
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
archipelago; group of islands
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
Fukushima prefecture (Tōhoku area)
floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Kagoshima prefecture (Kyushu)
artificial island; man-made island
all over the island; throughout the island; on the island
Qingdao (China); Tsingtao; Chingtao
island group; archipelago
Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)
archipelago; chain of islands
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
Yamato (province); Japan; the art of classical Japanese poetry
Shimane prefecture (Chūgoku area)
faint outlines of an island; vague shape of an island; silhouette of an island
Shimane (prefecture); (arch.) island country
Tokushima prefecture (Shikoku)
isolated place; out-of-the-way place; remote part of the land
off an island; away from an island; off-island
remote island; distant island; punishment by exile to a remote island
remote island; solitary island; outlying island
floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)
Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638)
left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
Noto Peninsula (Ishikawa Prefecture)
traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back
left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
Nansei Islands; Ryukyu Islands; chain of islands extending from southwestern Kyushu to northern Taiwan
Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
the four northern islands (held by Russia); south Kuril Islands; northern territories
left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
lee of an island; area hidden by an island
ornament representing the Isle of Eternal Youth
Oshima tsumugi weave; type of pongee from Oshima
Ryukyu Islands; southern chain of the Nansei Islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki
island country mentality; insular spirit; insularism; insularity
island area; insular region
island arc; crescent-shaped archipelago
traditional Okinawan folk music
island area; insular region
islets of Langerhans; pancreatic islets
Rip van Winkle feeling; feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to one's hometown
Sakurajima daikon (the largest variety of radish in the world)
Tamatsu Island (a fictional island in the Fortune Arterial visual novel)
visiting an island; trip to an island
islands of the Pacific Ocean; Pacific Islands
to set upon a journey; to start travelling; to set off on a trip
tied island; land-tied island
the island country of Japan; the Japanese Isles
Falkland Islands; Falklands
mythical island inhabited only by women; isle of women; women-only location
from island to island; island-hopping
island arc; crescent-shaped archipelago
mythical island inhabited only by women; isle of women; women-only location
the art of classical Japanese poetry
chain of volcanic islands; Volcano Islands (Japan)
(arch.) Onokoro Island (in Japanese mythology, the island formed by drops of water falling from the heavenly jeweled spear); (arch.) Onogoro Island; Japan
territorial island; island regarded as attached to a country
escaping from an island exile
Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)
(arch.) Onokoro Island (in Japanese mythology, the island formed by drops of water falling from the heavenly jeweled spear); (arch.) Onogoro Island; Japan
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
type of woman's hairdo (Edo period)
type of woman's hairdo (Edo period)
pancreatic islets; islets of Langerhans
island language; island dialect
Antikythera mechanism; ancient analog computer used for astronomical predictions
Republic of the Marshall Islands
language island; speech island
continental island; island formed by separation from a continent
Yamato (province); Japan; the art of classical Japanese poetry
Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)
Gulag Archipelago (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
mythical island inhabited only by women; isle of women; women-only location
Oshima cherry (Prunus speciosa)
hairyflower bellflower (Campanula chamissonis)
A Plan for Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago (1972 LDP policy proposal)
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875); Russo-Japanese treaty in which Japan exchanged Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands
Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)
matchlock; arquebus; harquebus
matchlock; arquebus; harquebus
Blakiston's fish owl (Bubo blakistoni)
striped jack (Pseudocaranx dentex); white trevally
(arch.) Onokoro Island (in Japanese mythology, the island formed by drops of water falling from the heavenly jeweled spear); (arch.) Onogoro Island; Japan
mythical island inhabited only by women; isle of women; women-only location
Arisaema urashima (species of cobra lily)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
island language; island dialect
type of yellow carrot grown in Okinawa
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875); Russo-Japanese treaty in which Japan exchanged Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands
inhabitants of main island
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)
Austronesian (family of languages)
Japan; ancient name for Japan appearing in the Kojiki
small-scale version of the 88 temples of Shikoku (Awaji Island, Shōdoshima, etc.)
Nabeshima porcelains; Nabeshima ware
Nabeshima porcelains; Nabeshima ware
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
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)