Sado

Examples

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• The island of Sado and the Milky Way have rich cultural implications.

  Academic text (2006)

• Thus, the metonymy of a rough sea with Sado Island activates the cultural and historical meanings of the island.

  Academic text (2006)

• This dark sea does indeed separate the people living on the island of Sado from the mainland.

  Academic text (2006)

• The separation of this legendary couple is mapped onto the people imprisoned on Sado Island.

  Academic text (2006)

• On the one hand, the sea is rough; and on the other hand, over one's head, there is the Milky Way arching toward the island of Sado.

  Academic text (2006)

• Besides, ... 'to cross water,' in Sado..., the name of the island, seems important because this logograph means 'to cross.' As the background history and the legend show, both 'rough sea' and 'the Milky Way' are obstacles for the loved ones "crossing" for their meeting.

  Academic text (2006)

• Both the Milky Way and the island of Sado, with their cultural connotations, share event frames for confinement: spatial confinement, limited freedom, limited means of travel, and the mental state of being separated.

  Academic text (2006)

• This differentiation of Kanji is particularly prominent in the words ... 'rough sea,' ... 'island of Sado,' and ... 'Milky Way.' These three nouns are all written in two Kanji.

  Academic text (2006)

• This dark sea does indeed separate the people living on the island of Sado from the mainland.

• Sado Island has a long history.

Surface Forms

Etymology