一枚岩

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	枚	岩
いち Grade: 1	まい Grade: 6	いわ Grade: 2
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Etymology

From 一枚(いちまい) (ichimai) + 岩(いわ) (iwa).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いちまいいわ [ìchímáꜜììwà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [it͡ɕima̠iːβ̞a̠]

Noun

一(いち)枚(まい)岩(いわ) • (ichimai-iwa) ^{←いちまいいは (itimaiifa)?}

1. monolith (large stone)
2. (figurative) monolith (uniform structure)