English noun: Japanese Islands | |||
1. | Japanese Islands (location) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Japan, Japanese Archipelago | ||
Instance hypernym | archipelago | ||
Part holonym | Ezo, Hokkaido, Hondo, Honshu, Kyushu, Osaka Bay, Shikoku, Yezo | ||
Part meronym | Pacific, Pacific Ocean | ||