とう
Meanings
Suffix
1. Island
in place names
Noun
Suffix
2. insula; island; islet
sometimes read しま
Pitch accent
と
う
Used in vocabulary (52 in total)
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
peninsula; Korea
island group; archipelago
seven islands (e.g. of Izu); Shichito matgrass (Cyperus malaccensis)
uninhabited island; desert island
small island; islet
solitary island; isolated island
artificial island; man-made island
archipelago; group of islands
islander; inhabitant of an island
on an island; on-island
main island; this island
island chief
arriving on an island; coming to an island
off an island; away from an island; off-island
islander
islands
the Philippines
the whole island; all the islands (of a group)
volcanic island
sea fort; island fort
Guam (island)
Easter Island
name of an island
the four northern islands (held by Russia); south Kuril Islands; northern territories
islets of Langerhans; pancreatic islets
Mindanao (the second-largest island in the Philippines)
territorial island; island regarded as attached to a country
island arc; crescent-shaped archipelago
Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)
Great Britain (island)
pancreatic islets; islets of Langerhans
continental island; island formed by separation from a continent
Antikythera mechanism (ancient Greek analog computer used to make astronomical predictions)
language island; speech island
island government office
island empire
Anguilla (island)
Guernsey (island)
Guadeloupe (island)
Saint Kitts (island)
Haiti (island)
Grenada (island of)
larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)
Austronesian languages
insular cortex; insula
Manx (language)
beauty of scattered islets and islands (esp. of the Seto Inland Sea); beautiful scenery of an archipelago
natural island
Examples (3 in total)
Where is Yongbyon island?
A few years ago, I tried a Japanese-style bath on New Zealand's South Island.
It's worth going to Bali because you can see the amazing sunset.