御影石

Japanese

Kanji in this term
御	影	石
み Grade: S	かげ Grade: S	いし Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

御(み)影(かげ) (Mikage, “one of neighborhoods in Kobe”) + 石(いし) (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(み)影(かげ)石(いし) • (mikageishi) 

1. granite
   • 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan‎^[1]:

     門(かど)から玄(げん)関(かん)までは御(み)影(かげ)石(いし)で敷(し)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.

Synonyms

• 花(か)崗(こう)岩(がん) (kakōgan)