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Japanese
Etymology
御影 (Mikage, “one of neighborhoods in Kobe”) + 石 (ishi, “stone”); because this kind of stone had been quarried from Mt. Rokko, Kobe and been carried out from the port of Mikage nearby in the early modern times.
Noun
御影石 • (mikageishi)
- granite
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- 門から玄関までは御影石で敷きつめてある。
- Kado kara genkan made wa mikageishi de shikitsumete aru.
- From the gate to the entrance the walk was paved with granite.
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