石材 (せきざい, sekizai) Japanese meaning: stone | KotomoraThis building is made of local stone.
Cutting and transporting stone is hard labor.
Usage patterns
〈物〉に石材を使うto use stone as a building material for something
Sturdy stone material was used for this bridge.
石材で〈物〉を造るto build something out of stone material
The craftsman made a beautiful sculpture out of stone.
石材を切り出すto quarry stone (cut it out of the ground)
Stone has been quarried from this mountain since ancient times.
石材を加工するto process/finish stone material (cutting, polishing, etc.)
This factory processes stone to make gravestones.
