大島

おおしま

Meanings

1. Noun large island (in place names)
2. Oshima tsumugi weave See also: 大島紬 (おおしまつむぎ).

Kanji

• 大 big. Read as おお.
• 島 island. Read as しま.

Example sentences

• 彼女が船で大島に行った時、船に酔って食べたもの全部吐いてしまった。
  When she went to Oshima by sea, she got seasick and brought up all she had eaten.

Words containing 大島

• 大島紬 (おおしまつむぎ) Oshima tsumugi weave (type of pongee made in the Amami islands)

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