いし
Meanings
Noun
1. stone
2. jewel; precious stone
3. flint (in a lighter)
4. stone (in go)
5. stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
6. rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone
Kanji used
stone
Pitch accent
Top 1500
Used in vocabulary (167 in total)
(made of) stone; stone-built
white stone; white (go pieces)
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
Ishikawa (prefecture)
philosopher's stone
stone; rock; pebble
large stone; boulder; large group of stones (in the game of go)
tombstone; gravestone
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
paving stone; pavement
whetstone; grindstone
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)
stony mountain
pebble; small stone
bluish stone; greenish stone; blue-tinged tuff
stone hut; rock chamber; tomb; stone burial chamber
go stone; go piece
stepping stones; stone skipping; ducks and drakes
stone mortar; millstone; quern
throwing stone; sling stone; slingshot; pellet; pebble; small rock
(made of) stone; stone-built
curb (stone); kerb
curb (stone); kerb
garden stone
throwing stone; sling stone; slingshot; pellet; pebble; small rock
stone dealer
throwing stones; slingshot; sling
crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult
lifting stone
black stone; black (go pieces)
weight stone (placed on pickles)
boulder; cobble
fluorite; fluorspar
stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads); taciturn person; person uninterested in romance
pebble; round stone; boulder
quarry; stone pit
stony path; stony road
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
hot stone; heated stone
stone paving; stone paved area
jail made by placing bars across a cave entrance; cave prison
quarry; stone pit
hewn stone; quarried stone; ashlar; flagstone
(made of) stone; stone-built
porcelain; baking by means of hot stones or pebbles
stone pedestal
ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)
form of hopscotch in which the player kicks a stone through the course
weight stone (placed on pickles)
stone slab; flagstone
heated stone
pumice stone; loose rock; loose stone; floating group (in the game of go); group without a base
cat's-eye (semiprecious stone)
gemstones (apart from diamond, e.g. ruby, sapphire, etc.); colored stone
cornerstone; foundation stone
hewn stone; quarried stone; ashlar; flagstone
perseverance prevails; (lit.) three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm)
come hell or high water
Ishikari stew; salmon stew; salmon and vegetable stew with miso and butter
quarrying (stone); quarryman; stonecutting; stonemasonry; stonecutter
lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; (lit.) stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems)
sweet potatoes baked in hot stones or pebbles
pebbles; gravel; boulder formed from gravel and sediment
porcelain; baking by means of hot stones or pebbles
stone image of people
come hell or high water
paving stone; pavement
man of incorruptible character
stone dust; feldspar dust; limestone powder
form of hopscotch in which the player kicks a stone through the course
semi-precious stone; ornate stone; embellished stone
heated stone
paving stone; pavement
broken stones; rubble
cat's-eye (semiprecious stone)
glacial erratic; erratic boulder
stone mortar; millstone; quern
grain (of rock); rift
ammonite (traditional name)
pebbles; gravel; boulder formed from gravel and sediment
tigereye; tiger's-eye
copestone; cope; coping stone; capping stone; capstone
knife sharpener; whetstone
inkstone; stone used to make an inkstone
stone knife (Jomon-period tool, shaped like a rice spoon)
base-stone; plinth stone; stone that serves as a pedestal for a pillar
upper millstone
special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels
roadside stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one chō (approx. 109 meters)
fluorite; fluorspar
broken stones; rubble
keystone; sphene
nether millstone
Rosetta stone
come hell or high water
stone tree
stone with oil-like lustre (luster); coal; charcoal
cobblestone
tigereye; tiger's-eye
important stone in a construction
keystone; sphene
captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones
skipping stones (on a body of water); skimming stones
there are exceptions to every rule; (lit.) rocks will flow and leaves will sink
unprocessed stone; rubble
cassiterite
pebbles; gravel; boulder formed from gravel and sediment
milestone; stone signpost; standing stone (e.g. in garden); menhir
stone knife (Jomon-period tool, shaped like a rice spoon)
crushed rock; macadam
crushed rock; macadam
roadside stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one chō (approx. 109 meters)
crushed rock; macadam
cobblestone
wedge-shaped stone used in stone walls; square stone narrowing at one end
horse; block of rock completely separated from the surrounding rock either by mineral veins or fault planes
stonemason; mason; master stonemason
stone used as a marker for hundred times worship
quarry stone; unprocessed stone
stone weights on pickle-tub covers
small pieces of stone used to make terrazzo, etc.; seed stone (othello)
stone weight
voussoir; arch-stone; ring stone
belemnite
stone(s) used to weigh down a fishing net
kanji "stone" radical at left
vermiculite
ground stone tool from the late Jomon period (named after its similarity to the Buddhist tokko)
stone centipede (Lithobiomorpha spp.)
date shell (Lithophaga curta); date mussel
stone curlew; thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus)
graptolite (extinct Paleozoic era invertebrate)
Cobitis takatsuensis (species of loach)
Cobitis takatsuensis (species of loach)
small-toothed jobfish (Aphareus furca)
stone centipede (Lithobiomorpha spp.)
Ishii Station (Hyōgo)
Examples (48 in total)
A stone does not float.
Don't throw stones into the swimming pool.
She tripped on the stone.