島しま流ながし

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

exile to an island; banishment

Historically, a punishment of sending someone to a remote island. In modern use, it can figuratively mean being sent to an isolated or undesirable post.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、罪ざい人にんは島しま流ながしにされることがあった。

  In the Edo period, criminals were sometimes exiled to islands.

• 彼かれは会かい社しゃの地ち方ほう支し社しゃに島しま流ながしになった。

  He was banished to a regional branch office of the company.