Meaning
列島 (れっとう, rettou) is a JLPT N2 noun meaning “chain of islands”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 8
日本は列島です。
Japan is an archipelago.
日本は火山列島だ。
Japan is made up of volcanic islands.
日本列島は酷暑に苛まれている。
The Japanese archipelago is struck by a terrible heat wave.
日本列島および朝鮮半島に分布する。
It is distributed throughout the Japanese islands and the Korean Peninsula.
6世紀代に列島各地に須恵器窯が造られた。
In the sixth century, kilns for Sueki were made in various locations in Japan.
彼らは、当時の列島にさまざまな文化をもちこんだ。
They brought back various forms of culture to Japan at the time.
本日、マグニチュード8.8の巨大地震が日本列島を襲いました。
A massive earthquake of magnitude 8.8 hit the Japanese islands today.
列島へは、まず熱帯ジャポニカが南西諸島を通って列島に伝播した。
At first, tropical Japonica was introduced to the Japanese archipelago through the Nansei Islands.