Word Meaning 島田

しまだ shimada

島田 is read as しまだ (shimada) and means pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period.

Meaning

English

  1. pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period
  2. shimada coiffure

Reading

Kana

しまだ

Romaji

shimada

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 32276 Priority F

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島田理化工業

しまだりかこうぎょう

SPC Electronics Corporation

文金高島田

ぶんきんたかしまだ

unswept hairdo originating in the mid-eighteenth century (now popular at traditional weddings)

高島田

たかしまだ

traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back

島田髷

しまだまげ

pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period

潰し島田

つぶししまだ

type of woman's hairdo (Edo period)

しま

island

島国

しまぐに

island country

島根

しまね

Shimane (prefecture)

島内

とうない

on an island

島々

しまじま

islands

島四国

しましこく

small-scale version of the 88 temples of Shikoku (Awaji Island, Shōdoshima, etc.)

島人

しまびと

islander