イシ
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
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (132 in total)
Ishikawa (prefecture)
stony mountain
throwing stone; sling stone; slingshot; pellet; pebble; small rock
stone; rock; pebble
milestone; stone signpost; standing stone (e.g. in garden); menhir
weight stone (placed on pickles)
large stone; boulder; large group of stones (in the game of go)
ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)
jail made by placing bars across a cave entrance; cave prison
sweet potatoes baked in hot stones or pebbles
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
pebble
(made of) stone; stone-built
white stone; white (go pieces)
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
philosopher's stone
stone wall
tombstone; gravestone
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
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
paving stone; pavement
whetstone; grindstone
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)
pebble; small stone
bluish stone; greenish stone; blue-tinged tuff
stepping stones; stone skipping; ducks and drakes
stone hut; rock chamber
go stone; go piece
stone mortar; millstone; quern
stone lantern
curb (stone); kerb
curb (stone); kerb
garden stone
stone dealer
throwing stones; slingshot; sling
quarry; stone pit
lifting stone
black stone; black (go pieces)
boulder; cobble
fluorite; fluorspar
stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads); taciturn person; person uninterested in romance
pebble; round stone; boulder
asbestos
hewn stone; quarried stone; ashlar; flagstone
stony path; stony road
porcelain; baking by means of hot stones or pebbles
stone paving; stone paved area
pumice stone; loose rock; loose stone; floating group (in the game of go); group without a base
form of hopscotch in which the player kicks a stone through the course
meteorite
stone pedestal
heated stone
turquoise
stone slab; flagstone
cat's-eye (semiprecious stone)
gemstones (apart from diamond, e.g. ruby, sapphire, etc.); colored stone
cornerstone; foundation stone
hot stone; heated stone
come hell or high water
pebbles; gravel; boulder formed from gravel and sediment
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
stone image of people
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)
man of incorruptible character
broken stones; rubble
stone dust; feldspar dust; limestone powder
semi-precious stone; ornate stone; embellished stone
stepping stone
inkstone; stone used to make an inkstone
glacial erratic; erratic boulder
ammonite (traditional name)
philosopher's stone
copestone; cope; coping stone; capping stone; capstone
tigereye; tiger's-eye
grain (of rock); rift
knife sharpener; whetstone
base-stone; plinth stone; stone that serves as a pedestal for a pillar
stone knife (Jomon-period tool, shaped like a rice spoon)
important stone in a construction
crushed rock; macadam
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)
keystone; sphene
nether millstone
stone tree
cobblestone
Rosetta stone
stone with oil-like lustre (luster); coal; charcoal
come hell or high water
nepheline
there are exceptions to every rule; (lit.) rocks will flow and leaves will sink
cassiterite
unprocessed stone; rubble
captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones
skipping stones (on a body of water); skimming stones
graptolite (extinct Paleozoic era invertebrate)
stone curlew; thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus)
stone centipede (Lithobiomorpha spp.)
small-toothed jobfish (Aphareus furca)
Cobitis takatsuensis (species of loach)
date shell (Lithophaga curta); date mussel
stone weight
stone weights on pickle-tub covers
kanji "stone" radical at left
stone(s) used to weigh down a fishing net
vermiculite
aragonite
stone used as a marker for hundred times worship
ground stone tool from the late Jomon period (named after its similarity to the Buddhist tokko)
quarry stone; unprocessed stone
horse; block of rock completely separated from the surrounding rock either by mineral veins or fault planes
belemnite
stonemason; mason; master stonemason
kamaishilite
a rolling stone gathers no moss
voussoir; arch-stone; ring stone
small pieces of stone used to make terrazzo, etc.; seed stone (othello)
wedge-shaped stone used in stone walls; square stone narrowing at one end
keystone
Examples (48 in total)
A stone does not float.
Don't throw stones into the swimming pool.
She tripped on the stone.