母島

Japanese

Kanji in this term
母	島
はは Grade: 2	しま > じま Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

母 (“mother”) +‎ 島 (“island”), because it's the second biggest island in the archipelago

Proper noun

母(はは)島(じま) • (Hahajima) 

1. An island in the Bonin Islands, Japan

See also

• 小(お)笠(がさ)原(わら)諸(しょ)島(とう) (Ogasawara Shotō)
• 父(ちち)島(じま) (Chichijima)