しまだ

Japanese

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕima̠da̠]

Noun

しまだ • (shimada) 

1. (criminal slang) raw silk

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of しまだ – see the following entries.

【島田】 [noun] Clipping of 島田髷 (Shimada mage, a traditional Japanese hairstyle). [noun] (slang, metonymically) young woman around the age of marriage, known for wearing the Shimada hairstyle [noun] (Yamagata, criminal slang) successful breaking into a storehouse [proper noun] Shimada (a city and train station in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] Shimada (neighborhoods in Japan): [proper noun] A neighborhood of Tenpaku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. [proper noun] A neighborhood of Ōwani, Aomori Prefecture. [proper noun] The neighborhoods of Komatsu and Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture. [proper noun] The neighborhoods of Ushiku and Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture. [proper noun] A neighborhood of Nakatsu, Ōita Prefecture. [proper noun] The neighborhoods of Yatsushiro, Jōnan and Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture. [proper noun] A neighborhood of Sakado, Saitama Prefecture. [proper noun] A neighborhood of Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture. [proper noun] The neighborhoods of Ichihara and Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. [proper noun] The neighborhoods of Ashikaga and Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture. [proper noun] The neighborhoods of Agano, Sanjō, Jōetsu and Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture. [proper noun] A neighborhood of Chikuga, Fukuoka Prefecture. [proper noun] A neighborhood of Kuwana, Mie Prefecture. [proper noun] A neighborhood of Kakuda, Miyagi Prefecture. [proper noun] A neighborhood of Shōnai, Yamagata Prefecture. [proper noun] A neighborhood of Inami, Wakayama Prefecture. [proper noun] a surname

【嶋田】 [proper noun] Shimada (a neighborhood of Taketoyo, Aichi Prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] a surname

(This term, しまだ, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 嶌田, 鴇田.)