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JLPT N1
Grade 9

Meanings

continent
sandbar
island
country

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
シュウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
しま

Common Words

ゅう
Freq #5048
1

Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix

state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); county (e.g. of the UK); region (e.g. of Italy); canton; oblast

Examples
南部のへ冬期に旅行すると、今旅行するよりも料金が高くなります。
Traveling to the southern states during the winter will be costlier than it is now.
2

Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix

continent

3

Historical term; Noun, used as a suffix

province (of Japan)

4

Historical term; Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix

province (of ancient China); prefecture; department

5

Archaic; Suffix; After a person's name

dear

ひじ
ひし
Noun
Archaic
Freq #18394
1

mid-ocean sandbank

うしゅう
欧洲
Noun
Freq #18766
1

Europe

Examples
欧州通貨はドルに対して弱くなった。
European currencies weakened against the dollar.
Noun
Freq #25680
1

sandbank; sandbar

満洲
まんしゅう
Noun
Freq #36968
1

Manchuria

2

Historical term; Abbreviation

Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)

中洲
かす
Noun
Freq #53348
1

sandbank (in a river); sandbar

白洲
らす
Noun
Freq #62930
1

white sandbar; white sandbank

2

area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles

3

gravel separating a noh stage from the audience

4

Archaic

court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand

座洲
坐洲
~する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #65991
1

stranding; running aground

満洲国
まんしゅうこく
Noun
Freq #71574
1

Historical term

Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)

神洲
んしゅう
Noun
Freq #72238
1

land of the gods; Japan; China

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