Word Meaning 列島

れっとう rettou

列島 is read as れっとう (rettou) and means archipelago.

Meaning

English

  1. archipelago
  2. chain of islands

Reading

Kana

れっとう

Romaji

rettou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 3195 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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千島列島

ちしまれっとう

Kurile Islands

日本列島

にほんれっとう

the Japanese islands

火山列島

かざんれっとう

Volcano Islands (Japan)

琉球列島

りゅうきゅうれっとう

Ryukyu Islands

弧状列島

こじょうれっとう

island arc

日本列島改造論

にほんれっとうかいぞうろん

A Plan for Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago (1972 LDP policy proposal)

琉球列島米国民政府

りゅうきゅうれっとうべいこくみんせいふ

United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972)

琉球列島米国軍政府

りゅうきゅうれっとうべいこくぐんせいふ

United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (1945-1950)

小島

こじま

small island

しま

island

半島

はんとう

Korea

中島

なかじま

island in a pond or river

Example Sentences

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The Japanese archipelago is struck by a terrible heat wave.

Japan is a group of islands with many mountains and almost no forests.

A massive earthquake of magnitude 8.8 hit the Japanese islands today.

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.