(みさき)

みさき
noun
cape, promontory, headland
1. cape, promontory, headland
A narrow piece of land that extends into a body of water.
(みさき)先端(せんたん)灯台(とうだい)がある。
There's a lighthouse at the tip of the cape.
(みさき)から(うみ)見渡(みわた)す。
Look out over the sea from the cape.
知床岬(しれとこみさき)世界遺産(せかいいさん)登録(とうろく)されている。
Cape Shiretoko is registered as a World Heritage site.

(みさき) refers to a point of land extending into water.

FAMOUS CAPES IN JAPAN:

  • 知床岬(しれとこみさき) (Cape Shiretoko, Hokkaido)
  • 潮岬(しおのみさき) (Cape Shiono, southernmost point of Honshu)
  • 足摺岬(あしずりみさき) (Cape Ashizuri, Shikoku)
  • 佐多岬(さたみさき) (Cape Sata, southernmost point of Kyushu)

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • (みさき)(まわ)る (to go around a cape)
  • (みさき)先端(せんたん) (tip of the cape)