イースター島

Japanese
Kanji in this term
島
とう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Calque of English Easter Island, equivalent to イースター (Īsutā, “Easter”) +‎ 島 (-tō, “island”)

Proper noun

イースター島 (hiragana and katakana イースターとう, rōmaji Īsutā-tō)

  1. Easter Island
    • 2004 December 9, “イースター島とうのモアイ [Moai of Easter Island]”, in BEGINNER'S EDITION 2, Konami:
      イースター島 (とう)に存在 (そんざい)する石像 (せきぞう)。口 (くち)から丸 (まる)いレーザーをはく。
      Īsutā-tō ni sonzai suru sekizō. Kuchi kara marui rēzā o haku.
      Stone statues on Easter Island. They can shoot cylindrical laser beams out of their mouths.

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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