日本列島(にほんれっとう)

にほんれっとう
noun (proper)
the Japanese archipelago
geographyproper-nounplace-name
1. the Japanese archipelago
The chain of islands that makes up Japan: the four main islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu and thousands of smaller ones, stretching from north to south. Common in weather reports and in talk about the country as a physical whole.
日本列島(にほんれっとう)は南北(なんぼく)に長(なが)い。
The Japanese archipelago is long from north to south.
寒波(かんぱ)が日本列島(にほんれっとう)を覆(おお)っている。
A cold wave is covering the Japanese islands.
大型(おおがた)の台風(たいふう)が日本列島(にほんれっとう)を縦断(じゅうだん)し、各地(かくち)で被害(ひがい)が出(で)た。
A large typhoon swept the length of Japan, causing damage in many places.

Common collocations

Usage

Weather and disaster reports often use 列島(れっとう) alone for Japan as a whole, as in 列島(れっとう)各地(かくち)で猛暑日(もうしょび) (scorching heat all over Japan).

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Added 2026.10.10 21:20 · Revised 2026.10.10 21:23
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