Keyword
boulder
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig832
Readings
いわ
(75%)
がん
(22%)
(1%)
Composed of
mountain
stone
Used in vocabulary (233 in total)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
rocky mountain
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
shade of a rock
monolith; large slab of rock
halite; rock salt
huge rock; crag
mass of rock; rock lump; block
Iwate prefecture (Tōhoku area)
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
cavern; grotto
rock door (to a cave)
Iwate (prefecture)
cave; cavern
sandstone
among rocks
edge or corner of a stone
strangely shaped rocks; massive rock of unusual shape
bathtub or onsen made of (or surrounded by) rocks
cavern; grotto
water trickling from rocks
rock drill; pneumatic drill; jackhammer
pine tree growing on a rock
Gate of the Celestial Rock Cave
stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock
char; charr
top of a massive rock
Iwashiro (former province located in the west of present-day Fukushima Prefecture)
rock climbing
basalt; whin(stone)
rock fragment
rock tripe (edible lichen used as medication in Korea, China and Japan)
detritus; debris
arrangement of stones in a garden
rock formation
Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)
Iwagaki oyster (Crassostrea nippona)
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
natural mineral pigments
Selaginella tamariscina (species of spikemoss)
arrangement of stones in a garden
stone wall; natural stone wall
rocky planet; terrestrial planet
wild harvested nori; jelly lichen (Collema sp.)
stone-like socle (used as the base for a Buddhist statue)
strangely shaped rocks and bizarre stones
rocky outcrop; jumble of rocks
belt used for back support after fifth month of pregnancy
base rock; country rock; gangue; host rock; mother rock; parent rock
rock drill; pneumatic drill; jackhammer
natural mineral pigments
precipice; cliff
the economic boom of 1958-1961
striped shore crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)
pincushion plant (Diapensia lapponica)
conglomerate stone
intrusive igneous rock; plutonic rock
lithological layer; rock strata; rock formation
Lychnis coronata
marl (unconsolidated lime-rich rock)
ridge of a cliff; rock ridge
rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
Marphysa sanguinea (species of eunicid worm)
Iwagaki oyster (Crassostrea nippona)
rock paintings; rock art
steep, towering rock
Epigaea asiatica
Iwagaki oyster (Crassostrea nippona)
rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
alpine gesneriad (Conandron ramondioides)
alpine gesneriad (Conandron ramondioides)
mountain harebell (Campanula lasiocarpa); Alaska harebell
black longspine urchin (Diadema setosum)
black crowberry (Empetrum nigrum)
keiskei fetterbush (Leucothoe keiskei); doghobble; dog hobble
Chinese dunce cap (species of succulent plant, Orostachys iwarenge)
phonolite; clinkstone
pyroclastic rock
extrusive rock; effusive rock
lithosphere
sylvite; sylvine
dwelling place of a god (usu. in reference to a large rock)
weathered rocks
bed rock; foundation rock
where there is a will, there is a way
where there is a will, there is a way
asphalt rock; asphalt stone; bituminous rock; rock asphalt
rock series; lithosequence
stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock
roche moutonnée; sheepback
rock partially submerged in water; rock partially emerging from the water; pumice stone
water emerging from a stone wall
to die (for a nobleman)
diabase; dolerite
slow but steady wins the race; constant effort will result in success; (lit.) constant dripping wears away a stone
porphyrite
phosphate rock; phosphorite
Iwata Station (Yamaguchi)
alpine accentor (Prunella collaris)
common house martin (species of songbird, Delichon urbica)
Marphysa sanguinea (species of eunicid worm)
Marphysa sanguinea (species of eunicid worm)
Camellia japonica 'Iwaneshibori' (cultivar of common camellia)
dwarf Japanese garden juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. procumbens)
red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa)
chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar)
roseroot (Rhodiola rosea)
Penstemon frutescens (species of beardtongue)
Pyrrosia tricuspis (species of felt fern)
Pyrrosia tricuspis (species of felt fern)
mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus); Rocky Mountain goat
creeping lettuce (Ixeris stolonifera)
Miyabe charr (Salvelinus malma miyabei)
Selaginella tamariscina (species of spikemoss)
Kuroiwa's ground gecko (Goniurosaurus kuroiwae); Ryukyu eyelid gecko
arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus); kha-nyou; rat-squirrel
Examples (33 in total)
There are lots of rocks in this garden.
A rock fell from above.
Seen at a distance, the rock looked like a human face.