Word Meaning 列島
列島 is read as れっとう (rettou) and means archipelago.
Meaning
English
- archipelago
- chain of islands
Reading
Kana
れっとう
Romaji
rettou
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4日本列島は酷暑に苛まれている。
The Japanese archipelago is struck by a terrible heat wave.
日本は列島であり、山が多く、森は殆どない。
Japan is a group of islands with many mountains and almost no forests.
本日、マグニチュード8.8の巨大地震が日本列島を襲いました。
A massive earthquake of magnitude 8.8 hit the Japanese islands today.
日本列島にも旧石器文化が存在したことは、岩宿遺跡をはじめ、各地での発掘調査の結果から明らかとなっているが、日本の旧石器文化の遺物には造形芸術と呼ぶべきものはほとんど存在しない。
As evidenced by findings from the Iwajuku site to results of excavations around the country, a paleolithic culture did exist in the Japanese archipelago. However, there are almost no surviving artifacts of what could be termed plastic art.
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