いし
Meanings
Noun
1. stone; rock; pebble
I focus my attention on the black stone in my hand.
2. jewel; precious stone
Is the stone in this ring real?
3. flint (in a lighter)
The flint in the lighter has worn down, so it will not light.
4. (round) game piece; stone (in go, etc.); disc (in Othello)
In Othello, you flip over the discs you have sandwiched.
5. stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (156 in total)
pebble; small stone
Ishikawa (prefecture)
large stone; boulder; dragon; long group of connected stones spanning a wide area
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
go stone; go piece
pebble; round stone; boulder
whetstone; grindstone
sweet potatoes baked in hot stones or pebbles
broken stones; rubble
(small) stone; rock; pebble
(small) stone; rock; piece of stone
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé (rectangular dessert, usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)
porcelain; baking by means of hot stones or pebbles
tombstone; gravestone
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)
throwing stones; slingshot; sling
meteorite
stone-clad
flint; firestone
paving stone; pavement
stone hut; rock chamber
throwing stone; sling stone; slingshot; pellet; pebble; small rock
stony mountain
stone mortar; millstone; quern
man of incorruptible character
quarrying (stone); quarryman; stonecutting; stonemasonry; stonecutter
copestone; cope; coping stone; capping stone; capstone
roadside stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one chō (approx. 109 meters)
(made of) stone; stone-built
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
white stone; white (go pieces)
philosopher's stone
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
stone wall
bluish stone; greenish stone; blue-tinged tuff
stepping stones; stone skipping; ducks and drakes
small stone; pebble
curb (stone); kerb
curb (stone); kerb
black stone; black (go pieces)
weight stone (placed on pickles)
garden stone
stone dealer
quarry; stone pit
boulder; cobble
lifting stone
asbestos
fluorite; fluorspar
stone statue of Jizō (often found along roads); taciturn person; person uninterested in romance
hewn stone; quarried stone; ashlar; flagstone
stone paving; stone paved area
jail made by placing bars across a cave entrance; cave prison
stony path; stony road
stone placed on railway track (by children); decorative garden stone; handicap stone
heated stone
pumice stone; loose rock; loose stone; floating group; group without a base
gemstones (apart from diamond, e.g. ruby, sapphire, etc.); colored stone
in-game premium currency given as compensation for bugs, maintenance, etc.; apologems
form of hopscotch in which the player kicks a stone through the course
turquoise (mineral)
stone pedestal
stone slab; flagstone
stoning; rock fight; stone-throwing fight; custom by which neighbours or friends threw rocks inside a couple's house on their wedding night
hot stone; heated stone
cat's-eye (semiprecious stone)
come hell or high water
perseverance prevails; (lit.) three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm)
cornerstone; foundation stone
pebbles; gravel; boulder formed from gravel and sediment
come hell or high water
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)
Ishikari stew; salmon stew; salmon and vegetable stew with miso and butter
stone image of people
stone dust; feldspar dust; limestone powder
semi-precious stone; ornate stone; embellished stone
stepping stone
knife sharpener; whetstone
philosopher's stone
tigereye; tiger's-eye
glacial erratic; erratic boulder
grain (of rock); rift
ammonite (traditional name)
rubbing from stone (image, inscription, etc.); stone rubbing; rubbed copy
milestone; stone signpost; standing stone (e.g. in garden); menhir
inkstone; stone used to make an inkstone
crushed stone; hardcore; macadam
stone knife (Jomon-period tool, shaped like a rice spoon)
base-stone; plinth stone; stone that serves as a pedestal for a pillar
important stone in a construction
corallite
special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels
keystone; sphene; titanite
nether millstone
upper millstone
construction stone (approx. 10-15 cm in diameter); chestnut-sized pebble
Rosetta stone
aragonite
stone with oil-like lustre (luster); coal; charcoal
come hell or high water
belemnite
nepheline
there are exceptions to every rule; (lit.) rocks will flow and leaves will sink
cassiterite
unprocessed stone; rubble
captured pieces; captured stones
skipping stones (on a body of water); skimming stones
stone weight
stone weights on pickle-tub covers
graptolite (extinct Paleozoic-era invertebrate)
kanji "stone" radical at left
stone curlew; thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus)
stone(s) used to weigh down a fishing net
vermiculite
stone centipede (Lithobiomorpha spp.)
stone used as a marker for hundred times worship
small-toothed jobfish (Aphareus furca)
Cobitis takatsuensis (species of loach)
ground stone tool from the late Jomon period (named after its similarity to the Buddhist tokko)
quarry stone; unprocessed stone
date shell (Lithophaga curta); date mussel
horse; block of rock completely separated from the surrounding rock either by mineral veins or fault planes
stonemason; mason; master stonemason
kamaishilite
abukumalite; britholite-(Y)
a rolling stone gathers no moss
voussoir; arch-stone; ring stone
small pieces of stone used to make terrazzo, etc.; seed stone (othello)
laying stones flat (e.g. in gardens); method for assigning colors to players (othello)
wedge-shaped stone used in stone walls; square stone narrowing at one end
Ishihara faction (of the Liberal Democratic Party); Kinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkai
to live freely in the wilderness; (lit.) to sleep on a pillow of stone and rinse one's mouth with river water
rock placed on a corner of one's plot facing the road to protect against cars
stony coral; scleractinia; madrepore
axinite
pisolite
oolite; oolith
star jelly (Nostoc commune); mare's eggs
one weak group can defend; one group of weak stones doesn't die
Clithon retropictus (water snail species)
don't attach to weak stones; don't attach when attacking
don't attach to weak stones; don't attach when attacking
don't attach to weak stones; don't attach when attacking
don't attach to weak stones; don't attach when attacking
Ishii Tool & Engineering Corporation
keystone
Ishii Station (Hyōgo)
Examples (81 in total)
A stone does not float.
Don't throw stones into the swimming pool.
The stone is not pink.