硫黄島
Japanese
editEtymology 1
editKanji in this term | ||
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硫 | 黄 | 島 |
いおう | とう Grade: 3 | |
Grade: S | Grade: 2 | |
jukujikun | on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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硫黃島 (kyūjitai) |
Compound of 硫黄 (iō, “sulfur”) + 島 (-tō, “island”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
edit硫黄島 • (Iōtō) ←いわうたう (iwautau)?
Derived terms
editSee also
edit- 硫黄列島 (Iō Rettō)
Etymology 2
editKanji in this term | ||
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硫 | 黄 | 島 |
いおう | しま > じま Grade: 3 | |
Grade: S | Grade: 2 | |
jukujikun | kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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硫黃島 (kyūjitai) |
Compound of 硫黄 (iō, “sulfur”) + 島 (shima, “island”).
The shima changes to jima as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
edit硫黄島 • (Iōjima) ←いわうじま (iwauzima)?
- (inexact, now sometimes proscribed) Iwo Jima (A volcanic island located in the Satsunan Islands)
- (historical, now uncommon) an island in the Volcano Islands [since 1944]
Usage notes
editPreviously used interchangably with the reading Iōtō above, the original form of the Volcano island has been mandated for official purposes since 2007.
Descendants
edit- → English: Iwo Jima
References
edit- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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