島々

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 島々 is read as しまじま and is a plural noun referring collectively to multiple islands.
• Basic usage: Distant islands appear in 島々が浮かぶ, while visiting them in turn appears in 島々を巡る.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Iteration mark 々
  • 々 repeats the preceding character, and the compound is read しまじま with voicing in the second element.
• One island and many
  • 島 can mean an island or islands generically, while 島々 explicitly presents a group of multiple islands.