島

Colloquial

Korean living in Japan; person of Korean descent

Korean Jindo (dog breed)

arctic raspberry (Rubus arcticus)

mother tongue (from the island where one was raised)

Okinawan neologism (developed by the language revival movement)

beauty of scattered islets and islands (esp. of the Seto Inland Sea); beautiful scenery of an archipelago

Architecture

bottom part of the upper cross-beam of a torii

natural island

seven islands (e.g. of Izu)

Word usually written using kana alone

Shichito matgrass (Cyperus malaccensis)

Shichito matgrass (Cyperus malaccensis)

Hiroshima cabbage (var. of Chinese cabbage)

Oft. as a nickname for such an island

cat island; island with a large domestic cat population

long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus japonicus)

Food, cooking

Mishima beef

In place names

large island

Abbreviation

Oshima tsumugi weave

Family or surname

Takashimaya

Company name

Takashimaya (Japanese department store chain)

Organization name

The University of Tokushima (abbr)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Isle of Dogs (2018 film)

the Japanese islands

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

Kagoshima Prefecture (Kyūshū)

Korean peninsula

isolated place; out-of-the-way place; remote part of the land

small isolated island