硫黄島

See also: 硫黃島 and 硫黄岛

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
おう
Grade: 2
とう
Grade: 3
jukujikun on’yomi
Alternative spelling
硫黃島 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 硫黄 (, sulfur) + (-tō, island).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おーとー [ìóótóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [io̞ːto̞ː]

Proper noun

()(おう)(とう) • (Iōtō) いわうたう (iwautau)?

  1. Iwo Jima (volcanic island in Japan’s Ogasawara Islands chain)
    Synonym: 硫黄島 (Naka-Iōtō)
Derived terms
  • (きた)硫黄(いおう)(とう) (Kita-Iōtō)
  • (みなみ)硫黄(いおう)(とう) (Minami-Iōtō)
See also
  • 硫黄(いおう)列島(れっとう) (Iō Rettō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
おう
Grade: 2
しま > じま
Grade: 3
jukujikun kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
硫黃島 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 硫黄 (, sulfur) + (shima, island).

The shima changes to jima as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おーじま [ìóójímá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [io̞ːʑima̠]

Proper noun

()(おう)(じま) • (Iōjima) いわうじま (iwauzima)?

  1. (inexact, now sometimes proscribed) Iwo Jima (A volcanic island located in the Satsunan Islands)
    Synonyms: 硫黄ヶ島 (Iōgashima), 鬼界ヶ島 (Kikaigashima), 薩摩硫黄島 (Satsuma Iōjima), 吐噶喇硫黄島 (Tokara Iōjima)
  2. (historical, now uncommon) an island in the Volcano Islands [since 1944]
Usage notes

Previously used interchangably with the reading Iōtō above, the original form of the Volcano island has been mandated for official purposes since 2007.

Descendants

  • English: Iwo Jima

References

  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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