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43 軍艦島 Battleship Island

Alternative Meanings

Gunkanjima

Part of Speech

Proper noun

Reading

ぐんかんじま

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

アイツはぜんぜん面白くないな。話題といったら軍艦島の都市伝説だけだし。

He isn’t interesting at all. All he talks about is the urban legend of Battleship Island.

Meaning Explanation

A 軍艦 is a battleship, and 島 is an island. Welcome to... Battleship Island (go Jurassic Park music).

Reading Explanation

This word uses the on'yomi readings for 軍 and 艦, and the kun'yomi reading for 島. You learned all of them, so you should know the reading already! Oh, but watch out for the rendaku.

Utilized Kanji

  • 軍
    • ぐん
    • Army
  • 艦
    • かん
    • Warship
  • 島
    • しま
    • Island
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