Illustration: On a shallow riverbank, a child kneels beside several large rounded rocks and proudly offers an open palm to a grandparent. A single smooth pebble, no larger than the child’s thumbnail, sits in the center of the hand. The grandparent bends close to inspect this apparently important discovery.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

小こ石いし

koishi

pebble

Example sentences

投なげた小石こいしは水みずを切きって飛とんだ。
The pebble I threw skipped along the surface of the water.
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彼女かのじょは身みをかがめて小石こいしを拾ひろい上あげた。
She stooped to pick up a pebble.
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彼かれはちょっと立たち止どまって小石こいしを蹴飛けとばした。
He stopped a moment to kick a rock.
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Kanji in 小石

小little; smallOnショウKunちいさい・こ-・お-
石stoneOnセキ・シャク・コクKunいし

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