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Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
要石 • (kanameishi) ←かなめいし (kanameisi)?
- spiritual stone buried in the ground at shrines across Japan and said to prevent earthquakes; foundation stone; keystone
- (architecture, figurative) keystone
References
Korean
Noun
要石 • (yoseok) (hangeul 요석)
- hanja form? of 요석