石

Historical term

Iwami (former province located in the west of present-day Shimane Prefecture)

Historical term

ishidaki; form of Edo-period torture in which the victim kneels on triangular wedges and stone slabs are placed on their lap

Historical term

low door used in bathhouses to prevent the hot water from cooling (Edo period)

Historical term

stone with a picture carved into it (ancient China)

Historical term

Sekimon Shingaku; Edo-period moral philosophy that blended Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings

Historical term

Ishiyama Honganji War (1570-1580); Ishiyama War

Historical term

Ishiyama Honganji War (1570-1580); Ishiyama War

Historical term

horizontal stone chamber; corridor-type tunnel tomb

Historical term; Telecommunications

magneto telephone; hand-crank telephone

Historical term

megalithic culture

Rare term

jail made by placing bars across a cave entrance; cave prison

Rare term

stone knife (Jomon-period tool, shaped like a rice spoon)

Dated term

(small) stone; rock; piece of stone

Rare term

special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels

Rare term

magnet

Rare term

guano

Rare term

stone(s) used to weigh down a fishing net

Rare term

mine car; mine wagon

Rare term

mellite

Rare term

haüyne; hauynite

Rare term

coal tower

Rare term; Medicine

urolithiasis

Rare term; Mineralogy

nitrocalcite

Proverb; Rare term

there are exceptions to every rule; rocks will flow and leaves will sink