諸しょ島とう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

archipelago; group of islands

A geographical noun for multiple islands considered as one group. It is often attached to a place name, as in 伊豆諸島 or フィリピン諸島.

〈場ば所しょ〉諸しょ島とうに位い置ちするto be located in the ~ archipelago
その村むらはハワイ諸しょ島とうに位い置ちしている。
The village is located in the Hawaiian archipelago.
〈場ば所しょ〉諸しょ島とうを訪おとずれるto visit the ~ archipelago
夏なつ休やすみにガラパゴス諸しょ島とうを訪おとずれた。
I visited the Galápagos Islands during summer vacation.

群ぐん島とう
群島 and 諸島 both mean 'group of islands,' but 群島 sounds more technical or descriptive while 諸島 is the standard term used in established place names like 伊豆諸島.
列れっ島とうN2
列島 describes islands strung out in a long chain (as in 日本列島), whereas 諸島 refers to a cluster of islands grouped together without implying a linear shape.
島しま々じま
島々 is a plain, everyday way to say 'various islands,' while 諸島 is the formal term attached to a specific geographic name.

半はん島とうN2
半島 means 'peninsula,' a piece of land jutting into the sea, which learners sometimes confuse with 諸島 ('group of islands') because both end in the character 島.
諸しょ国こくN1
諸島 uses the same 諸 prefix but refers to a group of islands, not countries like 諸国.

A Sino-Japanese compound of 諸, meaning 'various' or 'many,' and 島, meaning 'island'; together it refers to multiple islands as a group.