Keyword
stone
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Kyōiku (1st grade) 
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KankenLevel 10
Heisig118
Readings
いし
(51%)
せき
(38%)
せっ
(5%)
こく
(2%)
Composed of
one
slash left
mouth
Mnemonic

A stone landed to the left of his mouth and slashed his face with a sharp edge leaving one very nasty gash...

Used in kanji (65 in total)
certain
to tear
refine
sand
Used in vocabulary (871 in total)
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
gem; jewel; precious stone
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
Examples (200 in total)
This house is made of stone.
What kind of stone is this?
Stone was used to build their houses.
This stone is too heavy for me to move.
This stone weighs five tons.
He weighed the stone in his hand.
I wish I were a stone.
It is easy for him to carry the stone.
Help me move this stone.
Please move this stone from here to there.
I have a passion for stones.
This building is made of stone.
Seen from a distance, the stone looks like a human face.
A boy was throwing stones at the dog.
The boy threw a stone.
He threw a stone at the big dog.
He threw a stone at the dog.
Don't throw a stone at the dog.
Don't throw stones at the dog.
The boy threw a stone at the dog.
The boy throws a stone.
Don't throw stones.
I told him not to throw stones.
Who threw this stone through the window?
I've always wondered what's the difference between rock and stone.
That bridge is made of stone.
This bridge is built of stone.
This stone was so heavy that I could not lift it.
This stone is too heavy to lift.
The stone is too heavy for me to lift.
The stone was so heavy that nobody could lift it.
I have no strength to lift this stone.
There's a rock in my shoe.
A stone does not float.
The jewel was stolen during the night.
He was accused of stealing the jewels.
She was captured trying to steal jewelry.
She was robbed of her jewels last night.
The ring I gave her had a tiny stone in it.
I sold the best jewel that I had.
The police recovered the stolen jewelry.
He threw a stone into the pond.
She adorned herself with jewels.
She picked out the best of all the jewels in the shop.
The boy passed the time by flinging stones into the lake.
This stone has a hole in the center.
A stone hit him on the head.
Can you lift this stone?
The house is made of stone.
He broke the window by throwing a stone.
Stones collected from all over the world are used.
Don't throw stones into the swimming pool.
The statue is carved out of stone.
The stone was carved into a large statue.
He is alleged to have stolen the jewelry.
He remained silent like a stone.
The child threw a stone at the dog.
He threw a stone at a dog.
Who threw a stone at my dog?
These kinds of jewelry are of little value.
A thief broke in and made off with all my jewelry.
She passed the jewel off as her own.
They bought jewels and automobiles.
The child threw a stone at the cat.
The boy slung a stone at the dog.
I threw a stone at the bird.
The stars twinkling in the night sky looked like jewels.
He deceived her into buying a precious jewel.
The child picked up a small stone.
He picked up a stone.
He picked up a red stone.
She picked up a stone.
There were many jewels in the treasure chest.
He wears expensive clothes and owns a lot of jewelry.
The actress always wears expensive jewels.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
The jewel was found in an unlikely place.
Show me the stone that broke the window.
The jewels on display disappeared.
They believed the jewel would bring disaster.
The bridge is made of stone.
I can't lift this stone.
That house is made of wood and stone.
These gems are priced at over a million yen each.
She especially liked to polish her jewels.
Don't throw rocks into the river.
They're going to Ishikawa.
This statue is made of marble.
The building is built of marble of a most lovely color.
The desk is made of marble.
Marble floors are beautiful.
He carved marble into a statue.
They are chiseling a statue out of marble.
Her hands felt as cold as marble.
The columns were made of marble.
That boy likes to walk around the soap shop.
Why is the soap on the table?
I bought a soap in France that smells like piña colada.
She used up a bar of soap.
I washed my hands with soap.
There's no soap.
Wash your hands with soap.
Soap has the property of removing dirt.
There were eight pebbles there.
Tom was throwing rocks at your dog.
Tom washed his hands with soap and water.
Tom's house has a beautiful marble staircase.
She tripped on the stone.
I tripped over a stone and fell to the ground.
The bathroom is made of marble.
This country is rich in coal.
I once saw a man walk barefoot over hot coals.
The coal is burning.
The coals are burning red.
Coal is not always black.
The boy threw a stone at the frog.
The house just crumbled, turning into a pile of stones.
Someone broke into Mary's flat and stole her jewellery.
She proudly displayed her jewels.
The coal in the stove is burning.
The house had a stone wall around it.
There was a stone wall around the house.
What I have in my hand is a fossil seashell.
The thing blocking my path was a stone wall of less than 1 meter's height.
Rocks and minerals are useful for us in many ways.
Kill two birds with one stone.
The vessel was loaded with coal, lumber, and so on.
This stone is twice as heavy as that one.
She locked her jewels in the safe for fear they might be stolen.
She stooped to pick up a pebble.
She picked up beautiful stones.
Have you recently changed your soap or laundry detergent?
That country abounds in oil.
This stove burns oil.
Oil is scarce in this country.
This country is rich in oil.
Oil is necessary to run various machines.
That country's wealth comes from its oil.
Oil is abundant in that country.
We've run short of oil.
America abounds in oil.
The world is running out of oil.
Do the trains run on diesel oil?
They intended to drill for oil.
We are not short of oil in this country.
We will run short of oil some day.
There is little oil in Japan.
Japan imports a large quantity of oil.
Japan depends on foreign countries for oil.
Japan depends on other countries for oil.
Water and oil are both liquids.
Petroleum was replacing coal as fuel.
The oil ran through a thick pipe.
We should substitute alcohol for oil.
Supplies of oil are not infinite.
The price of oil is going up.
Our stock of oil is running out.
The discovery of oil enriched the country.
The discovery of oil was a lucky accident.
Oil may not last for another hundred years.
Petrol is no longer a cheap fuel.
Petroleum has been important since ancient times.
Oil has played an important part in the progress of civilization.
Oil has played an important part in the progress of Japanese industry.
They substituted coal for oil.
Our life depends largely on oil imported from other countries.
They're loading coal into the ship now.
They are loading oil into the ship.
He threw a stone into the lake.
The stolen jewels must be recovered at any cost.
The earth is like a ball with a big magnet in it.
The earth is like a big magnet.
A magnet attracts iron.
The stone was inscribed with the date of his death.
One quality of oil is that it floats on water.
"A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.
The coal was glowing in the fire.
I marveled at seeing the Chinese people burning coal.
Supply of oil from the Middle East may be disturbed.
The Middle East supplies a major portion of the oil that Japan consumes.
Japan depends on the Middle East for 70% of oil it consumes.
The wall was made of rough stones.
The time may come when people will have used up all the oil.
An immense monument was erected in honor of the eminent philosopher.
He locked up his jewels in the safe.
My sister's jewelry box was stolen.
Of course, magnets have a magnetic field around them.
Will the strike affect the price of coal?
This soap lathers up with water.
While she was out, the thief got away with her jewels.
Tom made a fortune in oil.
He made a fortune in oil.
Soap helps remove the dirt.
Coal consists mostly of carbon.
The blocks of stone were jointed with cement.
They broke into the jewelry shop.
She gave way to the temptation to buy the jewel.
The world needs to develop new energy sources in place of oil.
The guards must keep watch over the jewels.
Arabia abounds in oil.