硫黄島

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
Irregular

Compound of 硫黄 (iō, “sulfur”) +‎ 島 (tō, “island”). This reading uses an irregular jukujikun reading for 硫黄 (iō, “sulfur”), and the on'yomi for 島 (tō, “island”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

硫黄島 (hiragana いおうとう, rōmaji Iōtō, historical hiragana いわうたう)

1. Iwo Jima, Iōtō, in the Ogasawara island chain

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
硫	黄	島
い Grade: S	おう Grade: 2	しま > じま Grade: 3
Irregular

Compound of 硫黄 (iō, “sulfur”) +‎ 島 (tō, “island”). This reading uses an irregular jukujikun reading for 硫黄 (iō, “sulfur”), and the kun'yomi for 島 (shima, “island”). The shima changes to jima as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) いおーじま [ìóójímá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [io̞ːʑima̠]

Proper noun

硫黄島 (hiragana いおうじま, rōmaji Iōjima, historical hiragana いわうじま)

1. Iwo Jima in the Satsunan island of Kagoshima Prefecture

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