磁じ石しゃく

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

magnet

Refers to a physical magnet or something that attracts like a magnet.

• 冷れい蔵ぞう庫こに磁じ石しゃくでメモを貼はった。

  I stuck a note on the fridge with a magnet.

• この町まちは観かん光こう客きゃくを引ひきつける磁じ石しゃくのような存そん在ざいだ。

  This town is like a magnet that attracts tourists.

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

compass

Short for 磁石コンパス or 方位磁石; a magnetic compass. Often used in historical or traditional contexts.

• 昔むかしの船ふな乗のりは磁じ石しゃくを使つかって方ほう角がくを知しった。

  Sailors in the past used a compass to know the direction.