Let’s learn how to say the world’s continents in Japanese. Some geographers list the continents as six only, but by convention there are seven. Reason why some geographers are only saying there are six is because of the big solid land mass between Europe and Asia, what makes Eurasia. We are choosing to what seems to be the most typical by most people, the world’s seven continents.

 

Continents of the world in Japanese

Name	Kanji	Kana	Rōmaji
Asia	亜細亜	アジア	ajia
Africa	阿弗利加	アフリカ	afurika
North America	北亜米利加	きたアメリカ	kita amerika
South America	南亜米利加	みなみアメリカ	minami amerika
Antarctica	南極大陸	なんきょくたいりく	nankyokutairiku
Europe	欧羅巴	ヨーロッパ	yōroppa
Oceania	阿西亜尼亜	オセアニア	oseania

Worth to note is that nowadays you don’t actually write Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe or Oceania with kanji. Knowing these kanji doesn’t hurt though I’d say, perfect if you wanna show your brilliant kanji skills.