たねがしま

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of たねがしま – see the following entry.
種子島
種が島: matchlock
a kind of fragrant aloeswood used for incense
(slang, archaic) fugu (so named for the way that poorly-prepared fugu is deadly, like a matchlock)
多禰島, 多禰嶋: Tanegashima (an island of Kagoshima Prefecture)
a surname
Alternative spellings
種が島, 多禰島, 多禰嶋
(This term, たねがしま (tanegashima), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)