How do you read 渡島?

渡島 is read おしま (totou).

What JLPT level is 渡島?

It is not on the standard JLPT lists.

How do you write 渡島 in romaji?

渡島 is written totou in romaji, also spelled toto.

What kanji are in 渡島?

渡 (Transit, Ford); 島 (Island).

渡島おしま

おしま · totou (also spelled toto)

noun

Visiting an island, trip to an island

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Kanji in this word

渡Transit, Ford, Ferry 音と訓わた.る・-わた.る JLPT N3 · 12 strokes 島Island 音とう訓しま JLPT N2 · 10 strokes

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Words that share a kanji

渡すわたすto hand (something) over (v.t.); to get across 渡るわたるto cross over, to go across 見渡すみわたすto look out over, to survey (scene), to take an extensive vi 渡り鳥わたりどりmigratory bird, bird of passage 橋渡しはしわたしbridge building’, mediation 島しまisland 列島れっとうchain of islands ～島～とうkind of islands

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What does 渡島 mean?

Visiting an island, trip to an island.

How do you pronounce 渡島?

おしま (totou). Press Listen above to hear it.

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