硫黄島

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See also: 硫黃島 and 硫黄岛

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
硫	黄	島
いおう		とう Grade: 3
Grade: S	Grade: 2	とう Grade: 3
jukujikun		on'yomi

Alternative spelling
硫黃島 (kyūjitai)

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

硫黄島 (東京都)

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Iwo Jima

Compound of 硫黄 (iō, “sulfur”) +‎ 島 (-tō, “island”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いおーとー (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Proper noun

硫黄(いおう)島(とう) • (Iōtō) ^{←いわうたう (iwautau)^?}

Iwo Jima (volcanic island in Japan’s Ogasawara Islands chain)
Synonym: 中硫黄島 (Naka-Iōtō)

Derived terms

北(きた)硫黄(いおう)島(とう) (Kita-Iōtō)
南(みなみ)硫黄(いおう)島(とう) (Minami-Iōtō)

See also

硫黄(いおう)列島(れっとう) (Iō Rettō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
硫	黄	島
いおう		しま > じま Grade: 3
Grade: S	Grade: 2	しま > じま Grade: 3
jukujikun		kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
硫黃島 (kyūjitai)

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

硫黄島 (鹿児島県)

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Iōjima (Kagoshima)

Compound of 硫黄 (iō, “sulfur”) +‎ 島 (shima, “island”).

The shima changes to jima as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いおーじま (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Proper noun

硫黄(いおう)島(じま) • (Iōjima) ^{←いわうじま (iwauzima)^?}

(inexact, now sometimes proscribed) Iwo Jima (A volcanic island located in the Satsunan Islands)
Synonyms: 硫黄ヶ島 (Iōgashima), 鬼界ヶ島 (Kikaigashima), 薩摩硫黄島 (Satsuma Iōjima), 吐噶喇硫黄島 (Tokara Iōjima)
(historical, now uncommon) an island in the Volcano Islands

Usage notes

Previously used interchangably with the reading Iōtō above, the original form of the Volcano island has been mandated for official purposes since 2007.

Descendants

→ English: Iwo Jima

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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