left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
Shimane (prefecture); (arch.) island country
left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable
Yamato (province); Japan; the art of classical Japanese poetry
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
floating island (mass of floating aquatic plants); island that appears to be floating (due to the mirage effect)
all over the island; throughout the island; on the island
faint outlines of an island; vague shape of an island; silhouette of an island
Kuril Islands; Kurile Islands; Chishima Islands
Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638)
Tanegashima (Japanese matchlock gun); arquebus; harquebus
lee of an island; area hidden by an island
ornament representing the Isle of Eternal Youth
Oshima tsumugi weave (type of pongee made in the Amami islands)
Blakiston's fish owl (Bubo blakistoni)
long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus japonicus)
traditional Okinawan folk music
Takashimaya; Takashimaya (Japanese department store chain)
from island to island; island-hopping
mythical island inhabited only by women; isle of women; women-only location
Enoshima Electric Railway
Arisaema urashima (species of cobra lily)
elegant pit viper (Protobothrops elegans); elegant tree viper
Liancourt Rocks dispute (territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea)
Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)
island language; island dialect
Tsushima Faction (of the LDP)
small-scale version of the 88 temples of Shikoku (Awaji Island, Shōdoshima, etc.)
Nabeshima porcelains; Nabeshima ware
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum indicum)
decorated flip-flops (esp. in Okinawa)
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)
island platform; center platform; centre platform
Himalayan ash (Fraxinus griffithii); Griffith's ash
Kyushu azalea (Rhododendron kiusianum)
yellow-breasted bunting (Emberiza aureola)
Bupleurum stenophyllum (species of medicinal herb)
Tamatsu Island (a fictional island in the Fortune Arterial visual novel)
Nakashima Station (Hiroshima)