硫黄島

See also: 硫黃島 and 硫黄岛

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
硫 黄 島
い
Grade: S		 おう
Grade: 2		 とう
Grade: 3
jukujikun on’yomi
Alternative spelling
硫黃島 (kyūjitai)

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

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いおーとー [ìóótóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [io̞ːto̞ː]

Proper noun

硫(い)黄(おう)島(とう) • (Iōtō) ←いわうたう (iwautau)?

  1. 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
Grade: S		 おう
Grade: 2		 しま > じま
Grade: 3
jukujikun kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
硫黃島 (kyūjitai)

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 [ìóójímá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [io̞ːʑima̠]

Proper noun

硫(い)黄(おう)島(じま) • (Iōjima) ←いわうじま (iwauzima)?

  1. (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)
  2. (historical, now uncommon) an island in the Volcano Islands [since 1944]
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
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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