朝鮮半島(ちょうせんはんとう)

ちょうせんはんとう
noun (proper)
Korean Peninsula
geographyproper-nounplace-name
1. Korean Peninsula
The peninsula west of Japan across the Tsushima Strait, divided since 1945 between South Korea and North Korea. The usual neutral geographic name in Japanese news and textbooks.
朝鮮半島(ちょうせんはんとう)の地図(ちず)を見(み)た。
I looked at a map of the Korean Peninsula.
朝鮮半島(ちょうせんはんとう)は日本(にほん)の西(にし)にある。
The Korean Peninsula lies to the west of Japan.
朝鮮半島(ちょうせんはんとう)の情勢(じょうせい)が連日(れんじつ)ニュースで報(ほう)じられている。
The situation on the Korean Peninsula is reported in the news day after day.

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Cultural note

The two states are 韓国(かんこく) (South Korea) and 北朝鮮(きたちょうせん) (North Korea). 朝鮮(ちょうせん) on its own names the historical kingdom or the peninsula as a whole, while 韓国(かんこく) names the southern state today; 朝鮮半島(ちょうせんはんとう) is the neutral term for the land itself.

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