岩
いわ
hepburn iwa
rock, boulder
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 大きな岩が道をふさいでいました。A large rock was blocking the road.
- 子供たちは岩の上に登って遊びました。The children climbed up on the rock and played.
Collocations
大きな岩岩の上岩に登る岩が落ちる岩場
Mnemonic
岩 iwa — from 岩 (rock): 山 (mountain) over 石 (stone) — a large stone that makes up a mountain, a boulder. It is bigger and harder than 石 (ishi, a stone). Kun-yomi いわ; on-yomi がん (溶岩, yougan, "lava"). Nature-and-terrain vocabulary alongside this batch's 島 and 波. 岩の上に登る = to climb up on a rock.
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