イースター島
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
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| 島 |
| とう Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi |
Etymology
Calque of English Easter Island, equivalent to イースター (Īsutā, “Easter”) + 島 (-tō, “island”)
Proper noun
- Easter Island
- 2004 December 9, “イースター島のモアイ [Moai of Easter Island]”, in BEGINNER'S EDITION 2, Konami:
- イースター島に存在する石像。口から丸いレーザーをはく。
- Īsutā-tō ni sonzai suru sekizō. Kuchi kara marui rēzā o haku.
- Stone statues on Easter Island. They can shoot cylindrical laser beams out of their mouths.
- イースター島に存在する石像。口から丸いレーザーをはく。
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.