noun
stepping stones
Stones placed at intervals across a garden path, shallow water, or similar, allowing one to walk across without getting wet or muddy.
日本庭園の飛び石を渡るのは楽しい。
It's fun to cross the stepping stones in a Japanese garden.
noun
stone skipping; ducks and drakes
Rare term for skipping a flat stone across water. The more common word is 水切り (みずきり).
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「飛び石」は石を水面で跳ねさせる遊びを指すこともあるが、普通は「水切り」と言う。
飛び石 can also refer to the game of skipping stones on water, but it's usually called 水切り.
The standard word for stone skipping; 飛び石 in this sense is rare.
Compound of 飛び (tobi, 'jumping') + 石 (ishi, 'stone'). The literal meaning is 'jumping stone(s)', referring to stones that one jumps across or stones that skip across water.