一枚岩

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一 枚 岩
いち
Grade: 1 		まい
Grade: 6 		いわ
Grade: 2
on'yomi kun'yomi

Etymology

From 一枚(いちまい) (ichimai) + 岩(いわ) (iwa).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いちまいいわ [ìchímáꜜììwà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [it͡ɕima̠iːβ̞a̠]

Noun

一(いち)枚(まい)岩(いわ) • (ichimai-iwa) ←いちまいいは (itimaiifa)?

  1. monolith (large stone)
  2. (figurative) monolith (uniform structure)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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