Meaning of 諸島 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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諸島
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Kana Readingしょとう
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Romajishotō
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- archipelago; group of islands
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Example Sentences
諸島, しょとう used in context
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南諸島のコミュニティの中にはまったくの正反対の血縁関係のパターンが観察されるであろう。
A diametrically opposed kinship pattern is to be observed among certain South Sea Island communities.
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パプアニューギニア近くのカーテレット諸島では、海水が家のまわりにうち寄せているので、すでに家を離れなければならなくなった人たちがいる。
In the Carteret Islands, near Papua New Guinea, some people have already had to leave their homes because the seawater is washing around their houses.
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Spain once governed the Philippine Islands.
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さらにインド洋のモルジブ諸島の中には、完全に水没する島も出ることが予想される。
And in the Indian Ocean, some islands of the Maldives will disappear completely beneath the water.
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