島

Balkans; Balkan Peninsula

left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable

Hawaiian Islands

Noto Peninsula (Ishikawa Prefecture)

Organization name

Kashima Antlers (Japanese pro soccer team)

West Indies

Solomon Islands

South Sea Islands

Nansei Islands; Ryukyu Islands; chain of islands extending from southwestern Kyushu to northern Taiwan

Guam (island)

Kurile Islands

Easter Island

Organization name

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (professional football club)

Slang; Named after the legend of Urashima Tarou

time dilation

the four northern islands (held by Russia); south Kuril Islands; northern territories

the Marshall Islands

Scandinavian Peninsula

Ryukyu Islands; southern chain of the Nansei Islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture

Organization name

Hiroshima University

Food, cooking

Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki (usu. contains noodles and meat and/or seafood which are not mixed in with the batter)

island country mentality; insular spirit; insularism; insularity

Organization name

Tanegashima Space Center

Tahiti

island arc; crescent-shaped archipelago