要石

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
要 石
かなめ
Grade: 4 		いし
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
 要石 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

要(かなめ)石(いし) • (kanameishi) ←かなめいし (kanameisi)?

  1. spiritual stone buried in the ground at shrines across Japan and said to prevent earthquakes; foundation stone; keystone
    1. (architecture, figurative) keystone

References[edit]

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

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term
要石

Noun[edit]

要石 • (yoseok) (hangeul 요석)

  1. Hanja form? of 요석.
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