金きん石せき

noun

minerals and rocks; metal and stone

Refers to hard, durable natural substances; also used figuratively for something firm and unchanging, as in 金石の交わり (a firm friendship).

• この地ち域いきからは古こ代だいの金きん石せきが多た数すう出しゅつ土どしている。

  Many ancient metal and stone artifacts have been excavated from this area.

• 二人ふたりの友ゆう情じょうは金きん石せきの交まじわりと言いえるほど固かたい。

  Their friendship is so firm it could be called a bond of metal and stone.

noun

epigraph; inscription on metal or stone

Specifically refers to inscriptions carved on metal or stone monuments, stelae, or tablets; a somewhat literary or historical term.

• この石せき碑ひの金きん石せき文ぶんは解かい読どくが難むずかしい。

  The epigraph on this stone monument is difficult to decipher.