島田

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 島田 (Shimada).

島田

1. (～市) Shimada (a city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan)

Compound of 島(しま) (shima, “island”) + 田(た) (ta, “rice field”). Literally, “island-like field”. The ta changes to da as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• (Tokyo) しまだ [shìmádá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕima̠da̠]

• (Tokyo) しまた [shìmátá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕima̠ta̠]

島(しま)田(だ) • (shimada) 

1. clipping of 島田髷 (Shimada mage, a traditional Japanese hairstyle)
2. (slang, metonymic) young woman around the age of marriage, known for wearing the Shimada hairstyle
3. (Yamagata, criminal slang) successful breaking into a storehouse

島(しま)田(た) • (shimata) 

1. (historical, agriculture) raised field created by digging up part of a paddy field
2. (criminal slang) poverty-stricken and tightly-secured house

• → English: shimada

島(しま)田(だ) • (Shimada) 

1. Shimada (a city and train station in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan)
2. Shimada (neighborhoods in Japan):
   1. a neighborhood of Tenpaku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
   2. a neighborhood of Ōwani, Aomori Prefecture
   3. The neighborhoods of Komatsu and Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture
   4. The neighborhoods of Ushiku and Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture
   5. a neighborhood of Nakatsu, Ōita Prefecture
   6. The neighborhoods of Yatsushiro, Jōnan and Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture
   7. a neighborhood of Sakado, Saitama Prefecture
   8. a neighborhood of Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture
   9. The neighborhoods of Ichihara and Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture
   10. The neighborhoods of Ashikaga and Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture
   11. The neighborhoods of Agano, Sanjō, Jōetsu and Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture
   12. a neighborhood of Chikuga, Fukuoka Prefecture
   13. a neighborhood of Kuwana, Mie Prefecture
   14. a neighborhood of Kakuda, Miyagi Prefecture
   15. a neighborhood of Shōnai, Yamagata Prefecture
   16. a neighborhood of Inami, Wakayama Prefecture
3. a surname

島(しま)田(た) • (Shimata) 

1. Shimata (places in Japan):
   1. a neighborhood of Kumiyama, Kyoto Prefecture
   2. a neighborhood of Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture
   3. a neighborhood and train station in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture

• → Chinese: 島田 / 岛田 (Dǎotián)
• → English: Shimada