Moto 岩: Boulder; Rock; CliffKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ガン
- Kun'yomi
- いわ
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 224 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ガン)
- 溶岩ようがんlava
- 岩石がんせきrock
- 岩盤がんばんbedrock
- 岩塩がんえんhalite; rock salt
- 岩礁がんしょうreef
- 石灰岩せっかいがんlimestone
- 砂岩さがんsandstone
- かんらん岩かんらんがんperidotite
- でい岩でいがんmudstone
- ひん岩ひんがんporphyrite
- アルカリ岩アルカリがんalkali rock
- カリ岩塩カリがんえんsylvite; sylvine
- キンバリー岩キンバリーがんkimberlite
- シルト岩シルトがんsiltstone
- 凝灰岩ぎょうかいがんtuff
- 削岩機さくがんきrock drill; pneumatic drill
- 危岩きがんsteep, towering rock
- 原成岩げんせいがんprimary rocks
- 原成岩石げんせいがんせきprimary rocks
- 含油頁岩がんゆけつがんoil shale
- 噴出岩ふんしゅつがんextrusive rock; effusive rock
- 基盤岩きばんがんbedrock
- 基礎岩盤きそがんばんbed rock; foundation rock
- 堆積岩たいせきがんsedimentary rock
- 塊状溶岩かいじょうようがんblock lava
- 塩基性岩えんきせいがんbasic rock
- 変成岩へんせいがんmetamorphic rock
- 奇岩きがんstrangely shaped rocks; massive rock of unusual shape
- 奇岩怪石きがんかいせきstrangely shaped rocks and bizarre stones
- 安山岩あんざんがんandesite
- 岩乗がんじょうsolid; firm
- 岩圏がんけんlithosphere
- 岩塊がんかいmass of rock; rock lump
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 岩いわrock; boulder
- 岩間いわまamong rocks
- 一枚岩いちまいいわmonolith; large slab of rock
- 岩山いわやまrocky mountain
- 岩場いわばrocky area; rocky tract
- 岩屋いわやcavern; grotto
- 岩戸いわとrock door (to a cave)
- 岩肌いわはだbare rock; rock surface
- ラオス岩鼠ラオスいわねずみLaotian rock rat (Laonastes aenigmamus); kha-nyou
- 天の岩戸あまのいわとGate of the Celestial Rock Cave
- 女の一念岩をも通すおんなのいちねんいわをもとおすwomen will have their wills
- 屏風岩びょうぶいわsheer cliff
- 岩がきいわがきIwagaki oyster (Crassostrea nippona)
- 岩タバコいわタバコalpine gesneriad (Conandron ramondioides)
- 岩ワラビーいわワラビーrock wallaby
- 岩代いわしろIwashiro (former province located in the west of present-day Fukushima Prefecture)
- 岩南天いわなんてんkeiskei fetterbush (Leucothoe keiskei); doghobble
- 岩垣いわかきstone wall; natural stone wall
Other readings
- 岩壁がんぺきwall of rock; rock cliff
- アルプス岩魚アルプスいわなarctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
- ハンレイ岩はんレイがんgabbro
- 北極岩魚ほっきょくいわなarctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
- 宮部岩魚みやべいわなMiyabe charr (Salvelinus malma miyabei)
- 岩ガキいわがきIwagaki oyster (Crassostrea nippona)
- 岩倉やぐらcaves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
- 岩垂杜松いわだれねずdwarf Japanese garden juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. procumbens)
- 岩垣清水いわがきしみずwater emerging from a stone wall
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