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石垣 (いしがき, ishigaki) Japanese meaning: stone wall | Kotomora
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The stone walls of this castle were built 400 years ago.
Moss is growing on the garden's stone wall.
Usage patterns 石いし 垣がき を 築きず く to build a stone wall
The craftsmen built a stone wall around the castle.
石いし 垣がき を 積つ む to stack stones to build a wall
In this region, they stack large stones to make stone walls.
石いし 垣がき が 崩くず れる for a stone wall to collapse
The old stone wall collapsed in the earthquake.
石いし 垣がき に 登のぼ る to climb up a stone wall
The children were playing by climbing on the castle's stone wall.
Related words 塀 is a general word for any fence or wall (wood, concrete, block), while 石垣 specifically means a wall built of stacked stones.
城壁 refers broadly to a castle's fortified walls, whereas 石垣 highlights the stone construction technique itself, which may form part of a 城壁.
石壁 is a plain stone wall in any setting, while 石垣 usually implies a stacked, sloped stone wall typical of Japanese castles or terraces.
Etymology Compound of 石 (いし, 'stone') and 垣 (かき, 'fence' or 'hedge'), with rendaku voicing giving がき. The reading いしがけ is a variant, possibly influenced by the verb 掛ける or dialectal variation.
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Usage 1% i Usage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
