Word Meaning 日本列島

にほんれっとう nihonrettou

日本列島 is read as にほんれっとう (nihonrettou) and means the Japanese islands.

Meaning

English

  1. the Japanese islands

Reading

Kana

にほんれっとう

Romaji

nihonrettou

Writing Variants

  • 日本列島 にっぽんれっとう nipponrettou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 42541 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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)

日本赤十字広島看護大学

にっぽんせきじゅうじひろしまかんごだいがく

The Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of Nursing

日本政府

にほんせいふ

Japanese government

日本史

にほんし

Japanese history

列島

れっとう

archipelago

本島

ほんとう

main island

千島列島

ちしまれっとう

Kurile Islands

火山列島

かざんれっとう

Volcano Islands (Japan)

日本

にほん

Japan

日本刀

にほんとう

Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved)

日本人

にほんじん

Japanese person

日本語

にほんご

Japanese (language)

Example Sentences

3

The Japanese archipelago is struck by a terrible heat wave.

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.