Illustration: Beside an exposed rock outcrop on a Japanese hillside, a geology club student kneels over several naturally broken fragments. One palm-sized piece shows coarse mineral grains; another has distinct layers matching the cliff behind it.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

岩がん石せき

ganseki

rock

Example sentences

  1. 岩石がんせきや鉱物こうぶつはいろいろな面めんで私わたしたちに有益ゆうえきである。

    Rocks and minerals are useful for us in many ways.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. この板状いたじょうの固かたい岩石がんせきの層そうをプレートと呼よぶ。

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

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. つまり、その地域ちいきで利用りようできる岩石がんせきが用もちいられた。

    Stated differently, the stones and rocks that were available in the local area were used.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 岩石

  • 岩boulder; rockOnガンKunいわ
  • 石stoneOnセキ・シャク・コクKunいし

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