岩いわ根ね

noun

foot of a rock; base of a rock

Refers to the lower part or base of a rock, often where it meets the ground.

• 岩いわ根ねに腰こしを下おろして休やすんだ。

  I sat down at the foot of a rock and rested.

noun

large rock mostly buried

Poetic term for a large rock whose greater part is hidden underground, suggesting a massive, immovable presence.

• 古ふるい歌うたに「岩いわ根ねふみ」という表ひょう現げんがある。

  In old poetry, there is an expression 'treading on the buried rock'.