Kanji
Readingいわ
Frequency75%
Used in (83 in total)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
rocky mountain
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
shade of a rock
monolith; large slab of rock
halite; rock salt
cavern; grotto
rock door (to a cave)
water trickling from rocks
Iwate (prefecture)
among rocks
Iwate prefecture (Tōhoku area)
edge or corner of a stone
cavern; grotto
bathtub or onsen made of (or surrounded by) rocks
Iwashiro (former province located in the west of present-day Fukushima Prefecture)
Gate of the Celestial Rock Cave
char; charr
rock tripe (edible lichen used as medication in Korea, China and Japan)
rock climbing
arrangement of stones in a garden
Iwagaki oyster (Crassostrea nippona)
Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)
natural mineral pigments
Selaginella tamariscina (species of spikemoss)
stone wall; natural stone wall
wild harvested nori; jelly lichen (Collema sp.)
stone-like socle (used as the base for a Buddhist statue)
rocky outcrop; jumble of rocks
belt used for back support after fifth month of pregnancy
the economic boom of 1958-1961
striped shore crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)
rock paintings; rock art
pincushion plant (Diapensia lapponica)
where there is a will, there is a way
rock partially submerged in water; rock partially emerging from the water; pumice stone
water emerging from a stone wall
slow but steady wins the race; constant effort will result in success; (lit.) constant dripping wears away a stone
rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
Marphysa sanguinea (species of eunicid worm)
Epigaea asiatica
alpine gesneriad (Conandron ramondioides)
mountain harebell (Campanula lasiocarpa); Alaska harebell
keiskei fetterbush (Leucothoe keiskei); doghobble; dog hobble
Chinese dunce cap (species of succulent plant, Orostachys iwarenge)
Marphysa sanguinea (species of eunicid worm)
Pyrrosia tricuspis (species of felt fern)
Miyabe charr (Salvelinus malma miyabei)
Selaginella tamariscina (species of spikemoss)
mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus); Rocky Mountain goat
red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa)
creeping lettuce (Ixeris stolonifera)
arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
Camellia japonica 'Iwaneshibori' (cultivar of common camellia)
Kuroiwa's ground gecko (Goniurosaurus kuroiwae); Ryukyu eyelid gecko
Penstemon frutescens (species of beardtongue)
arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
roseroot (Rhodiola rosea)
common house martin (species of songbird, Delichon urbica)
alpine accentor (Prunella collaris)
dwarf Japanese garden juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. procumbens)
Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus); kha-nyou; rat-squirrel
chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar)
dwelling place of a god (usu. in reference to a large rock)
to die (for a nobleman)
Iwata Station (Yamaguchi)