石いし切きり

noun

quarrying; quarryman

Refers to the act of extracting stone from a quarry or the person who does it.

• この地ち域いきでは昔むかしから石いし切きりが盛さかんだ。

  Quarrying has been thriving in this region since old times.

• 祖そ父ふは石いし切きりとして一いっ生しょうを過すごした。

  My grandfather spent his whole life as a quarryman.

noun

stonecutting; stonemasonry; stonecutter; stonemason

Covers the craft of cutting and shaping stone for construction or sculpture, as well as the craftsman.

• 石いし切きりの技ぎ術じゅつは何なん世せい紀きにもわたって受うけ継つがれてきた。

  The art of stonecutting has been passed down for centuries.

• 彼かれは腕うでのいい石いし切きりだ。

  He is a skilled stonemason.