[ほっかいどう, hokkaidou] (n) Hokkaido (northernmost of the four main islands of Japan); (P) #557
[おきなわ, okinawa] (n) Okinawa (one of the Japanese Ryukyu islands); (P) #1114
[きゅうしゅう, kyuushuu] (n) Kyushu (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan); (P) #1257
[しょとう, shotou] (n) archipelago; group of islands #2307
[しこく, shikoku] (n) Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan) #2411
[れっとう, rettou] (n) archipelago; chain of islands; (P) #6607
[ほんしゅう, honshuu] (n) Honshu (largest of the four main islands of Japan) #10893
[えぞ;えみし(ok), ezo ; emishi (ok)] (n) (1) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); (2) (えぞ only) (See 蝦夷地) Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands) #11941
[とうしょ, tousho] (n) islands #15878
[しまじま, shimajima] (n) islands; (P) #17207
[ちしま, chishima] (n) Kurile Islands; (P) #17741
[akakukuri] (n) dusky batfish (Platax pinnatus, species of Western Pacific spadefish found from the Ryukyu Islands to Australia)
[amimechouchouuo] (n) pearlscale butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthurus, Western Pacific species found from Indonesia and the Philippines north to the Ryukyu Islands); Philippines chevron butterflyfish; orange butterflyfish; netted butterflyfish; yellow-tailed butterflyfish
[アメリカりょうヴァージンしょとう, amerika ryou va-jin shotou] (n) United States Virgin Islands
[イギリスりょうヴァージンしょとう, igirisu ryou va-jin shotou] (n) British Virgin Islands
[irezumieirakubuka] (n) Hemitriakis complicofasciata (species of houndshark found in the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan)
[urauchiisohaze] (n) Eviota ocellifer (species of pygmy goby from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan)
[omonagafutaboshiisohaze] (n) Eviota partimacula (species of pygmy goby found in the Marshall Islands)
[garapagosuzame] (n) Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis, species of circumtropical requiem shark found in the reef environments around oceanic islands)
[gureiootokage] (n) Gray's monitor (Varanus olivaceus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard from Luzon and the Catanduanes Islands in the Philippines)
[ケーマンしょとう, ke-man shotou] (n) Cayman (islands)
[ココスしょとう, kokosu shotou] (n) Cocos (islands)
[サモアしょとう, samoa shotou] (n) Samoa (islands)
[タークス・カイコスしょとう(タークス・カイコス諸島);タークスカイコスしょとう(タークスカイコス諸島), ta-kusu . kaikosu shotou ( ta-kusu . kaikosu shotou ); ta-kusukaikosu shotou ( ta-k] (n) Turks and Caicos Islands
[namidakurohagi ; japansa-janfisshu ; japansa-jonfisshu] (n) Japan surgeonfish (Acanthurus japonicus, Indo-West Pacific species of tang found from Indonesia to the Philippines and Ryukyu Islands)
[namerahagi] (n) chronixis surgeonfish (Acanthurus chronixis, Western-Pacific species of tang from Kapingamarangi in the Caroline Islands)
[hashinagayamorizame] (n) longnose sawtail cat shark (Galeus longirostris, found in Amami-oshima, the Ogasawara and Izu islands)
[ハワイしょとう, hawai shotou] (n) Hawaiian Islands
[burakkuai . rabittofisshu ; burakkuairabittofisshu] (n) blackeye rabbitfish (Siganus puelloides, species of rabbitfish found in the Maldives and the Similan Islands)
[burakkutsuri-monita-; burakku . tsuri-. monita-] (n) black tree monitor (Varanus beccarii, species of monitor lizard from the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia); Beccari's monitor
[burakkuba-reddosa-jonfisshu ; burakkuba-reddosa-janfisshu] (n) black-barred surgeonfish (Acanthurus polyzona, species of tang known only from Mauritius, Réunion, Madagascar, and the Comoro Islands)
[hoteibenihaze] (n) Trimma yanoi (species of goby from the Ryukyu Islands of Japan)
[マーシャルしょとう, ma-sharu shotou] (n) the Marshall Islands
[marukesasukorisu] (n) Coris marquesensis (type of wrasse species, endemic to Marquesan Islands)
[minsa-] (n) traditional textile of the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa
[murasakiginzame] (n) purple chimaera (Hydrolagus purpurescens, species of cartilaginous fish found in Japan and the Hawaiian Islands)
[かざんれっとう, kazanrettou] (n) chain of volcanic islands
[かさいれっとう, kasairettou] (n) island arc (like the Aleutian Islands)
[えぞち, ezochi] (n) Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
[からふとちしまこうかんじょうやく;からふと・ちしまこうかんじょうやく(樺太・千島交換条約), karafutochishimakoukanjouyaku ; karafuto . chishimakoukanjouyaku ( karafuto . sen s] (n) Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875); Russo-Japanese treaty in which Japan exchanged Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands
[きぞくもんだい, kizokumondai] (n) question of possession (e.g. of the Kuril Islands)
[みやこひきがえる;ミヤコヒキガエル, miyakohikigaeru ; miyakohikigaeru] (n) (uk) Miyako toad (Bufo gargarizans miyakonis, a subspecies of the Asiatic toad endemic to the Ryukyu Islands)
[きゅうしゅうちほう, kyuushuuchihou] (n) Kyushu region (incl. Southwestern Islands)
[くろほそおおとかげ;クロホソオオトカゲ, kurohosoootokage ; kurohosoootokage] (n) (uk) (See ブラックツリーモニター) black tree monitor (Varanus beccarii, species of monitor lizard from the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia); Beccari's monitor
[すずめだい;スズメダイ, suzumedai ; suzumedai] (n) (uk) pearl-spot chromis (Chromis notata, species of damselfish found in southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and China)
[あかまたくろまた;アカマタクロマタ, akamatakuromata ; akamatakuromata] (n) (uk) red-masked and black-masked gods (folk belief of the Yaeyama Islands); harvest festival celebrating these gods (held in the 6th lunar month)
[ちしまれっとう, chishimarettou] (n) Kurile Islands; (P)
[たいへいようしょとう, taiheiyoushotou] (n) islands of the Pacific Ocean; Pacific Islands
[てんてい;てんてつ, tentei ; tentetsu] (n, vs) a line (of mountains, islands, houses, etc.); bound together
[みなみクリル, minami kuriru] (n) South Kuril (Islands)