しまた

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しまた – see the following entry.

【島田】 [noun] (historical, agriculture) raised field created by digging up part of a paddy field [noun] (criminal slang) poverty-stricken and tightly-secured house [proper noun] Shimata (places in Japan): [proper noun] A neighborhood of Kumiyama, Kyoto Prefecture. [proper noun] A neighborhood of Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture. [proper noun] A neighborhood and train station in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

(This term, しまた, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)