孤島 (ことう, kotou) Japanese meaning: solitary island

Meanings

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solitary island; isolated island

Refers to an island that is far from other land or stands alone, often with a nuance of remoteness or isolation.

〈場ば所しょ〉に流ながれ着つくto drift ashore / wash up on (an isolated place)
船ふねが難なん破ぱし、彼かれは孤こ島とうに流ながれ着ついた。
The ship wrecked and he washed up on a solitary island.
〈場ば所しょ〉に取とり残のこされるto be stranded/left behind on (an isolated place)
台たい風ふうで観かん光こう客きゃくが孤こ島とうに取とり残のこされた。
Tourists were stranded on the isolated island because of the typhoon.
〈事こと〉のような孤こ島とう(figurative) isolated like a solitary island
彼かの女じょは職しょく場ばで孤こ島とうのような存そん在ざいだった。
At work, she felt like a solitary island, cut off from everyone else.