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, metonymic) 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 (shimada), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 嶌田, 鴇田.)