列れっ島とう

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

archipelago; chain of islands

General term for a group or chain of islands. Often used in geographical names like 日本列島 (Japanese archipelago).

列れっ島とうを縦じゅう断だんするto cross/traverse the archipelago (e.g. from north to south)
台たい風ふうが日本にほん列れっ島とうを縦じゅう断だんした。
The typhoon crossed the Japanese archipelago from end to end.
列れっ島とうに上じょう陸りくするto make landfall on the archipelago
強つよい台たい風ふうが列れっ島とうに上じょう陸りくする見み込こみだ。
A powerful typhoon is expected to make landfall on the archipelago.
列れっ島とう各かく地ちでacross various parts of the archipelago
列れっ島とう各かく地ちで大おお雨あめが降ふった。
Heavy rain fell in various parts of the archipelago.

諸しょ島とう
諸島 is a broader term for 'islands' without implying a chain-like arrangement, while 列島 specifically suggests islands lined up in a row.
群ぐん島とう
群島 typically refers to a smaller, tightly clustered group of islands, whereas 列島 describes a long chain, often a large one like 日本列島.
日本にほん列れっ島とうN2
列島 is the generic word for 'archipelago' or 'island chain', while 日本列島 specifically names the Japanese archipelago.
島しま々じま
列島 refers to a chain of islands stretching in a line (like 日本列島), while 島々 has no implication of a linear arrangement.

半はん島とうN2
半島 means 'peninsula' (land jutting into the sea), while 列島 means 'archipelago' (a chain of islands); learners sometimes mix them up because both contain 島.
列れっ国こく
列島 (archipelago, a chain of islands) shares the kanji 列 with 列国 (various nations) but refers to a geographic landform, not a group of countries.

Compound of 列 (れつ, 'row, line') and 島 (とう, 'island'), literally 'row of islands'.