半島
Meanings
1
peninsula
Standard geographical term for a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.
Italy is a peninsula country.
There is a lighthouse at the tip of this peninsula.
2
sensitivecolloquial
Colloquial and potentially sensitive shorthand for the Korean Peninsula or Korea. Often used in news or casual speech, but may be considered reductive or insensitive in some contexts.
The situation on the Korean Peninsula is tense.
He is from Korea.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉半島に位置するto be located on the [place] peninsula
The village is located on the Boso Peninsula.
- 半島を一周するto go all the way around a peninsula
During summer vacation, I drove all the way around the Izu Peninsula.
- 半島の先端the tip/end of a peninsula
The lighthouse stands at the tip of the peninsula.