No. 3,256 in Japanese
小田島
"小田島" (Odashima) is a Japanese surname.
In a sentence
小田島さんは公園で散歩しています。
Mr. Odashima is walking in the park.
The word '小田島' is used here as a surname, addressing a specific individual as 'Mr. Odashima'.
その本の作者は小田島です。
The author of that book is Odashima.
In this sentence, '小田島' refers to a person's name, specifying the person who wrote a specific book.
小田島という地名について知っていますか？
Do you know about the place name called Odashima?
Here, '小田島' represents a place name, asking about familiarity with a particular location called 'Odashima'.
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