飛とび石いし

noun

stepping stones

Stones placed at intervals across a garden path, shallow water, or similar, allowing one to walk across without getting wet or muddy.

• 日本にほん庭てい園えんの飛とび石いしを渡わたるのは楽たのしい。

  It's fun to cross the stepping stones in a Japanese garden.

noun

stone skipping; ducks and drakes

Rare term for skipping a flat stone across water. The more common word is 水切り (みずきり).

See also: 水切り

• 「飛とび石いし」は石いしを水すい面めんで跳はねさせる遊あそびを指さすこともあるが、普ふ通つうは「水みず切きり」と言いう。

  飛び石 can also refer to the game of skipping stones on water, but it's usually called 水切り.