japanese archipelago

1. 1.

   a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean

   SynonymsJapanJapanese Islands

   Broaderarchipelago

   Part ofPacific

   PartsHokkaidoHonshuKyushuShikokuOsaka Bay

Questions about japanese archipelago

What does japanese archipelago mean?

japanese archipelago means "a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean".

What is another word for japanese archipelago?

Close synonyms include Japan, Japanese Islands. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is japanese archipelago a common word?

japanese archipelago is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.