岩

Meaning

岩 centers on large, solid masses of stone: a boulder, a rock, or a rocky cliff. The idea is a prominent, often imposing, natural stone formation.

• 岩いわ
  N3

  rock; boulder

• 岩手いわて

  Iwate (prefecture)

• 岩木いわき

  stones and trees; sticks and stones; inanimate objects

• 溶岩ようがん
  N2

  lava

• 岩波いわなみ

  Iwanami (publisher)

• 岩盤がんばん

  bedrock

• 岩国いわこく

  Iwanami Kokugo Jiten (Japanese dictionary published by Iwanami Shoten) (abbr)

• 岩石がんせき
  N1

  rock

• 岩山いわやま

  rocky mountain

• 岩場いわば

  rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)

• 岩塩がんえん

  halite; rock salt

• 岩魚いわな

  char (esp. the Japanese char, Salvelinus pluvius); charr

• 花崗岩かこうがん

  granite

• 岩波書店いわなみしょてん

  Iwanami Shoten, Publishers (publisher)

• 石灰岩せっかいがん

  limestone

• 岩礁がんしょう

  reef

• 岩屋いわや

  cavern; grotto

• 一枚岩いちまいいわ

  monolith; large slab of rock

• 岩間いわま

  among rocks

• 岩戸いわと

  rock door (to a cave)

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