"列島" meaning in Japanese

See 列島 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɾe̞t̚to̞ː] Forms: 列島 [canonical] (ruby: (れっ), (とう)), rettō [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|れっとう}} 列(れっ)島(とう) • (rettō)
  1. (geography) archipelago, chain of islands
    Sense id: en-列島-ja-noun-kwR5wFn5 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Geography Topics: geography, natural-sciences
  2. (especially) Japanese archipelago Tags: especially
    Sense id: en-列島-ja-noun-0mh5rsjY Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 90 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 6 94 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 群島 (guntō) (ruby: 群島(ぐんとう)), 諸島 (shotō) (ruby: 諸島(しょとう))
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        ]
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ɾe̞t̚to̞ː]"
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
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    }
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 列島 meaning in Japanese (1.5kB)

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