桜島

Japanese

Kanji in this term
桜	島
さくら Grade: 5	しま > じま Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
櫻島 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

桜 (さくら, sakura, “cherry tree, cherry blossom”) +‎ 島 (-じま, -jima, “island”). From the glowing rocks expelled by the volcano that look like cherry blossoms on the island mountain.

Proper noun

桜(さくら)島(じま) • (Sakurajima) 

1. Sakurajima (a major volcano and surrounding area in Kagoshima Bay, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan, near Kagoshima)

Derived terms

• 桜島大根(さくらじまだいこん) (Sakurajima daikon)
• 桜島小(さくらじまこ)みかん (Sakurajima ko mikan)
• 桜島小蜜柑(さくらじまこみかん) (Sakurajima ko Mikan)
• 桜島町(さくらじまちょう) (Sakurajima chō)

 

Descendants

• English: Sakurajima

Further reading

• Sakurajima on Wikipedia.Wikipedia