要石

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

Noun

(かなめ)(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

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

要石 (yoseok) (hangeul 요석)

  1. hanja form? of 요석