Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) いおうとう [ìóótóó] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [io̞ːto̞ː]

Proper noun

硫黄島 ‎(hiragana いおうとう, romaji Iōtō, historical hiragana いわうたう)

1. Iwo Jima, Iōtō, in the Ogasawara island chain

Etymology 2

Compound of 硫黄 ‎(iō, “sulfur”) +‎ 島 ‎(tō, “island”). This reading uses an irregular jukujikun reading for 硫黄 ‎(iō, “sulfur”), and the kun'yomi for 島 ‎(shima, “island”). The shima changes to jima as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) いおうじま [ìóójímá] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [io̞ːd͡ʑima̠]

Proper noun

硫黄島 ‎(hiragana いおうじま, romaji Iōjima, historical hiragana いわうじま)

1. Iwo Jima in the Satsunan island of Kagoshima Prefecture

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3