Illustration: From a hilltop lookout above Japan's Inland Sea, a child and grandparent watch a small ferry weave among several separate islands. Each island has a clearly visible shoreline surrounded by water: one holds a fishing village, another terraced citrus groves, and a smaller one only a cluster of pines.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

島しま々じま

shimajima

islands

Example sentences

  1. 地震じしんが突然とつぜんその島々しまじまを襲おそった。

    The earthquake came upon the islands.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. その島々しまじまにはどんな動物どうぶつが住すんでいるのですか。

    What animals inhabit those islands?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 飛行機ひこうきから見みると、その島々しまじまはとてもきれいだった。

    Seen from the plane, the islands were very pretty.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 島々

  • 島islandOnトウKunしま

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