離(はな)れ島(じま)

はなれじま
noun
remote island; isolated island
geography
1. remote island; isolated island
An island cut off from the mainland or from other populated islands, often small and difficult to reach. Used both for a geographically isolated island and, more figuratively, for anything remote and cut off.
あの島(しま)は離(はな)れ島(じま)だ。
That island is a remote island.
離(はな)れ島(じま)には定期船(ていきせん)で行(い)く。
You get to the remote island by regular ferry.
医者(いしゃ)のいない離(はな)れ島(じま)では、急病(きゅうびょう)のとき患者(かんじゃ)がヘリコプターで本土(ほんど)へ運(はこ)ばれることもある。
On remote islands without a doctor, patients are sometimes flown to the mainland by helicopter during a medical emergency.

離(はな)れ島(じま) refers to an island that lies apart from the mainland or from a group of other islands, often small and hard to reach.

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Related: 島(しま) (island)
Compare: 無人島(むじんとう) (uninhabited island)
Compare: 孤島(ことう) (solitary island)
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Added 2026.9.14 21:46 · Revised 2026.9.14 21:54
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