Illustration: Beside a shallow river in a Japanese mountain valley, an enormous irregular boulder rises above a bank of much smaller pebbles. Its rough, weathered surface has visible cracks and a little moss where it meets the ground.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

岩いわ

iwa

rock, boulder

Example sentences

  1. この岩いわは何なにに似にていますか。

    What does this rock look like?

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  2. 波なみが岩いわに打うち寄よせた。

    The waves washed upon the rocks.

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  3. 岩いわ崩くずれに気きをつけて。

    Look out for rock slides.

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Kanji in 岩

  • 岩boulder; rockOnガンKunいわ

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