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岩 : Boulder

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Components:
山石

boulder, rock, cliff

On 'yomi:
ガン(gan)
Kun 'yomi:
いわ(iwa)
Strokes:8
Radical:山 (46)
Usage Rating:787
JLPT:N2
old JLPT:2
Grade:2
Unicode:05ca9
jis208:20-68
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岩 Usage examples

岩戸(いわと)rock door (to a cave)
岩石学(がんせきがく)petrology
岩田帯(いわたおび)belt used for back support after fifth month of pregnancy
岩肌(いわはだ)bare rock, rock surface, rock face
岩室(いわむろ)cave
岩根(いわね)rock
岩脈(がんみゃく)dike
岩清水(いわしみず)water trickling from rocks
岩魚(イワナ)char, charr
岩場(いわば)rocky area, rockface, rock wall
岩雲雀(イワヒバリ)alpine accentor (Prunella collaris)
岩窟(がんくつ)cave, cavern
岩漿(がんしょう)magma
岩壁(がんぺき)wall of rock, rock cliff, rock face
岩燕(イワツバメ)Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus)
岩層(がんそう)rock formation
岩頭(がんとう)top of a massive rock
砕岩機(さいがんき)rock crusher
アルカリ岩(アルカリがん)alkali rock
シルト岩(シルトがん)siltstone
塩基性岩(えんきせいがん)basic rock
火砕岩(かさいがん)pyroclastic rock
火山岩尖(かざんがんせん)volcanic spine
花崗岩質マグマ(かこうがんしつマグマ)granitic magma
花崗閃緑岩(かこうせんりょくがん)granodiorite
泥岩(でいがん)
でい岩(でいがん)
mudstone
岩絵の具(いわえのぐ)
岩絵具(いわえのぐ)
natural mineral pigments
閃緑岩(せんりょくがん)diorite (a type of rock similar to granite)
ハンレイ岩(ハンレイがん)
斑糲岩(ハンレイがん)
斑レイ岩(ハンレイがん)
gabbro (a type of rock similar to granite)
岩塊(がんかい)mass of rock, rock lump, block
岩盤浴(がんばんよく)stone sauna, facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock
岩絵(いわえ)rock paintings, rock art
岩板(がんばん)rock plate
岩戸景気(いわとけいき)the economic boom of 1958-1961