とう
Meanings
Suffix
1. Island
in place names
Noun
Suffix
2. insula; island; islet
sometimes read しま
Kanji used
island
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (47 in total)
uninhabited island; desert island
small island; islet
solitary island
artificial island; man-made island
archipelago; group of islands
peninsula; Korea
on an island; on-island
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
main island; this island
island group; archipelago
arriving on an island
off an island; away from an island; off-island
island chief
the Philippines
the whole island
volcanic island
sea fort; island fort
Guam (island)
name of an island
the four northern islands (held by Russia); south Kuril Islands; northern territories
islets of Langerhans; pancreatic islets
territorial island; island regarded as attached to a country
island arc; crescent-shaped archipelago
Great Britain (island)
language island; speech island
Antikythera mechanism; ancient analog computer used for astronomical predictions
continental island; island formed by separation from a continent
pancreatic islets; islets of Langerhans
Austronesian (family of languages)
Manx (language)
insular cortex; insula
Anguilla (island)
Guernsey (island)
Guadeloupe (island)
Saint Kitts (island)
Haiti (island)
Grenada (island of)
larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)
island government office
Examples (3 in total)
Where is Yongbyon island?
It's worth going to Bali because you can see the amazing sunset.
A few years ago, I tried a Japanese-style bath on New Zealand's South Island.