しま

Japanese

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しま • (-shima)

(after a noun or a word indicating a condition) state, appearance
Synonym: さま (sama)
(after a noun) Indicates earliness or haste.

For pronunciation and definitions of しま – see the following entries.

【島】3	[noun] an island (land surrounded by water) [noun] one's domain, territory, turf [noun] This term needs a translation to English. [proper noun] a surname Alternative spelling 嶋

【嶋】J

[proper noun] A neighborhood of Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture.

[proper noun] A neighborhood of Tottori, Tottori Prefecture.

[proper noun] A neighborhood of Iida, Nagano Prefecture.

[proper noun] A neighborhood of Nishiwaki, Hyōgo Prefecture.

[proper noun] A neighborhood of Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture.

[proper noun] a surname

【﨩】H	[proper noun] a surname

【志摩】	[proper noun] Shima (a city in Mie Prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] Shima Province, an old province of Japan [proper noun] a surname

【縞】J	[noun] stripe

(This term, しま, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as しま, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しま.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 嶼, 嶌, 揣摩, 死魔, 詩魔, 四万, 志磨, 志満, 志馬, 司馬.)

しま (shima)

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