島々
Japanese edit
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 島 | 島 |
| しま Grade: 3 |
しま > じま Grade: 3 |
| kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 島島 |
Etymology edit
From Old Japanese. First cited to the Nihon Shoki of 720.[1]
Reduplication of 島 (shima, “island”).[1][2][3][4] The shima changes to jima as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- [from 720] (many) islands
- Synonym: (uncommon) 島嶼 (tōsho)
- 1928, 菊池幽芳 (Kikuchi Yūhō), 雲仙岳 (Unzen-dake)[3], 青空文庫 (Aozora Bunko):
- 左の方に目を転ずると、早崎の瀬戸から天草灘へかけ、大小幾多の島々の影が海天一色の間に、次第に融け込んで行く。
- Hidari no hō ni me o tenzuru to, Hayasaki no seto kara Amakusa Nada e kake, daishō ikuta no shimajima no kage ga kaiten isshiki no aida ni, shidai ni tokekonde iku.
- Turning one’s eyes to the left, one will see the silhouettes of numerous islands, large and small, from the Hayasaki Strait to the Amakusa Sea, gradually blend into the single color of the sea and sky.
- 左の方に目を転ずると、早崎の瀬戸から天草灘へかけ、大小幾多の島々の影が海天一色の間に、次第に融け込んで行く。
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “島島”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ “島島”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN