He abandoned his family and went to live in Tahiti.tatoeba
小笠原諸島では、ＮＨＫの電波しか入らない。とう
You can get only NHK in the Ogasawara islands.tatoeba
私はイースター島へ１０日間の旅をした。とう
I went on a ten-day trip to Easter Island.tatoeba
Kun Reading Examples
彼は親切にも自分のボートで私達を島まで運んでくれた。しま
He was kind enough to take us over to the island in his boat.tatoeba
彼は自分のボートで僕を島へ運んでくれた。しま
He took me over to the island in his boat.tatoeba
彼はその島まで泳いでいくのは難しいと思った。しま
He found it difficult to swim to the island.tatoeba
日本は島国で、４つの主な島から成り立っている。しま
Japan is an island country, and it consists of four main islands.tatoeba
Additional Examples
彼は大逆罪で島流しにされた。
He was banished to an island for high treason.tatoeba
彼は親切にも自分のボートで私達を島まで運んでくれた。
He was kind enough to take us over to the island in his boat.tatoeba
彼は自分のボートで僕を島へ運んでくれた。
He took me over to the island in his boat.tatoeba
彼は家族を捨ててタヒチ島に移り住んだ。
He abandoned his family and went to live in Tahiti.tatoeba
Real voices: how native speakers say it
These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.
マーシャル諸島の首都はマジュロである
まーしゃるしょとうのしゅとはまじゅろであるThe capital of the Marshall Islands is Majuro.
今年こそは広島カープが優勝してほしい
ことしこそはひろしまかーぷがゆうしょうしてほしいI hope the Hiroshima Carp will finally win the championship this year.
鹿児島県いちき串木野市
かごしまけんいちきくしきのしIchikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture