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JLPT N2 · Noun

縞 (shima)

縞 (しま, shima) is a Japanese noun meaning “stripe; bar”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
しま
Romaji
shima
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. stripe; bar; streak · noun, suffix noun, noun taking の
  2. (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors) · noun · also formerly written as 島 and 嶋

Example sentences

あのグリーンの縞のシャツ、今洗濯してるん？
Is that green striped shirt in the wash?
Tatoeba #74790

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 縞

縞
stripeコウ・しま・しろぎぬ · 16 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1321670 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.