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Definition of Japanese islands
1. Noun. A string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean.
Terms within: Ezo, Hokkaido, Yezo, Hondo, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, Osaka Bay
Generic synonyms: Archipelago
Group relationships: Pacific, Pacific Ocean
Lexicographical Neighbors of Japanese Islands
Literary usage of Japanese islands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"3), 33, 1903, (257). Yabe, YOK! itada. Distribution of Korean ferns. (Japanese)
Tokyo Bot. Mag., 17. 1903, (53-56). ее japanese islands. ..."
2. Japan: Continuing the History to the Close of 1905, with the Provisions of by David Murray, Kentaro Kaneko, Albert White Vorse (1906)
"The greater part skirts the japanese islands on their east coast, imparting to
... The japanese islands are in the region of the northeast monsoon,1 which ..."
3. Advance Japan: A Nation Thoroughly in Earnest by John Morris (1895)
"THE japanese islands. OTWITHSTANDING the fact that Japan was known to the intrepid
navigators of Queen Elizabeth's reign, and at least one Englishman held ..."
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