日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji

N3

Meaningsstone
On'yomiセキ、シャク、コク
Kun'yomiいし
Strokes5
Radical

Compounds

  • fossil, petrifaction, petrification, fossilization

  • rock

  • stone, rock, pebble, jewel

  • stone bridge

  • (flight of) stone steps, stone stairway

  • stone Buddhist image, unemotional person, taciturn person

  • oil, petroleum, kerosene, paraffin

Example sentences

  • "A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.

  • That's just standard practise, it's not like they're cutting corners.

  • We call these slabs of the solid-rock layer 'plates'.

  • "So it's built from stone?" "It's ordinary reinforced concrete."

  • A burning meteoroid produces a meteor.

  • Falling rocks present a danger to climbers.

  • A blow from a falling stone killed him.

  • They are loading oil into the ship.