Illustration: From a low coastal hill, a family looks down over a long, crooked finger of land extending into the sea. Its broad base joins the mainland beside them, while water wraps around both shores and the distant tip.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

半はん島とう

hantou

peninsula

Example sentences

  1. 湿気しっけの多おおい気候きこうはその半島はんとうの特色とくしょくです。

    A humid climate is characteristic of the peninsula.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 僕ぼくはこの夏休なつやすみに数人すうにんの友達ともだちと、伊豆いず半島はんとうを歩あるいて一周いっしゅうするのを楽たのしみにしています。

    I am looking forward to walking around the Izu Peninsula with some of my friends during summer vacation.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 三浦みうら半島はんとうの付つけ根ねに位置いちし、相模湾さがみわんに面めんしている。

    It is located at the base of the Miura Peninsula and faces the Sagami gulf.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 半島

  • 半half; middleOnハンKunなかば
  • 島islandOnトウKunしま

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