たねがしま

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of たねがしま – see the following entry.
【種子島】
[noun] [from 1607] 種が島: matchlock
[noun] [from 1573] a kind of fragrant aloeswood used for incense
[noun] [from 1700s] (slang, archaic) fugu (so named for the way that poorly-prepared fugu is deadly, like a matchlock)
[proper noun] [from 720] 多禰島, 多禰嶋: Tanegashima (an island of Kagoshima Prefecture)
[proper noun] [from 1300s] a surname
Alternative spellings
種が島, 多禰島, 多禰嶋
(This term, たねがしま (tanegashima), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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