群ぐん島とう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

island group; archipelago

Refers to a cluster or chain of islands, often used in geographical names.

Japan consists of many island groups.

沖おき縄なわは南なん西せい諸しょ島とうの群ぐん島とうの一いち部ぶです。

Okinawa is part of the Nansei Islands archipelago.

諸しょ島とう
諸島 and 群島 both mean 'archipelago', but 諸島 is the term used in official geographic names (南西諸島), while 群島 stresses the idea of a cluster of islands.
列れっ島とうN2
列島 describes islands arranged in a long chain (日本列島), whereas 群島 refers to islands grouped together without implying a linear shape.
島とう嶼しょ
島嶼 is a formal, academic term covering islands in general, while 群島 specifically denotes a cluster forming an archipelago.
島しま々じま
群島 is a geographic/technical term for a cluster of islands, whereas 島々 is the everyday plural form simply meaning 'islands' collectively.

半はん島とうN2
半島 means 'peninsula' (land jutting into the sea), which learners can confuse with 群島 'archipelago' (a group of islands) because both share the kanji 島.

Compound of 群 (ぐん, 'group') and 島 (とう, 'island').