列島 (れっとう): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

列島 (れっとう) means chain of islands.

See example sentences below.

列島 at a glance

列島

れっとうrettou

N2noun

chain of islands

列島れっとうrettouN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

chain of islands

Example 1

日本列島は多くの島からできています。

Translation

The Japanese archipelago is made up of many islands.

Example 2

太平洋の列島で自然を観察しました。

Translation

I observed nature on the islands in the Pacific archipelago.