真珠湾

Japanese
Kanji in this term
真 珠 湾
しん
Grade: 3		 しゅ > じゅ
Grade: S		 わん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

真珠 (shinju, “pearl”) +‎ 湾 (wan, “harbor”). Calque of English Pearl Harbor.

Proper noun

真珠湾 (hiragana しんじゅわん, rōmaji Shinjuwan)

  1. Pearl Harbor
    Synonym: パールハーバー (Pāru Hābā)

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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