岩いわ
Meanings
Noun
1. rock; boulder
2. crag
Kanji used
boulder
Pitch accent
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わ
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Used in vocabulary (78 in total)
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
rocky mountain
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
shade of a rock
monolith; large slab of rock; unity (of a group, organization, etc.); unanimity; solidarity
halite; rock salt
cave; cavern; grotto; dwelling made in a cave; house carved into rock
rock door (to a cave)
water trickling from rocks
Iwate (prefecture)
rock cave; rock cavern
among rocks
stones and trees; sticks and stones; apathetic person; cold-hearted person; (arch.) brown coal
edge or corner of a stone
Iwashiro (former province located in the west of present-day Fukushima Prefecture)
Iwanami (publisher); Iwanami
shade of a rock
foot of a rock; large rock, most of which is buried
rock tripe (edible lichen used as medication in Korea, China and Japan)
rock climbing
wild harvested nori; jelly lichen (Collema sp.)
Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
natural mineral pigments
pair of rocks resembling a married couple (one larger representing the husband, one smaller the wife)
wild harvested nori; jelly lichen (Collema sp.)
Selaginella tamariscina (species of spikemoss)
stone wall; natural stone wall
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
stone-like socle (used as the base for a Buddhist statue)
rocky outcrop; jumble of rocks
belt used for back support after fifth month of pregnancy
natural mineral pigments
Iwagaki oyster (Crassostrea nippona)
Nissho Iwai Corporation
Iwatani International Corporation
rock paintings; rock drawings; rock art
Iwagaki oyster (Crassostrea nippona)
pincushion plant (Diapensia lapponica)
where there is a will, there is a way
where there is a will, there is a way
cave prison; cliffside jail
rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
Marphysa sanguinea (species of eunicid worm)
Epigaea asiatica
alpine gesneriad (Conandron ramondioides)
alpine gesneriad (Conandron ramondioides)
alpine gesneriad (Conandron ramondioides)
rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
keiskei fetterbush (Leucothoe keiskei); doghobble; dog hobble
Chinese dunce cap (species of succulent plant, Orostachys iwarenge)
Marphysa sanguinea (species of eunicid worm)
Pyrrosia tricuspis (species of felt fern)
Selaginella tamariscina (species of spikemoss)
mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus); Rocky Mountain goat
creeping lettuce (Ixeris stolonifera)
Nippon bells (Shortia uniflora)
Kuroiwa's ground gecko (Goniurosaurus kuroiwae); Ryukyu eyelid gecko
fringe bell (Schizocodon soldanelloides); fringed galax
roseroot (Rhodiola rosea)
Nippon bells (Shortia uniflora)
alpine accentor (Prunella collaris)
Pyrrosia tricuspis (species of felt fern)
dwarf Japanese garden juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. procumbens)
Laotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus); kha-nyou; rat-squirrel
chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar)
Marphysa sanguinea (species of eunicid worm)
Iwata Station (Yamaguchi)
Examples (24 in total)
Mary was sitting on a rock.
The waves washed upon the rocks.
A rock fell from above.