home islands

[ hohm-ahy-luhndz ]

plural noun
  1. the Japanese archipelago (excluding Sakhalin), especially as distinguished from Japan’s former colonies and its other territories.

  2. History/Historical. the progressively limited areas over which the Japanese emperor retained sovereignty during the end of World War II.

Origin of home islands

1
First recorded in 1800–10, in reference to the British Isles

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