石浜(いしはま)

いしはま
noun
pebble beach; rocky shore
1. pebble beach; rocky shore
A beach made up of pebbles or small stones rather than sand. Contrasts with a sand beach (砂浜(すなはま)).
石浜(いしはま)を歩(ある)いた。
I walked along a pebble beach.
石浜(いしはま)は裸足(はだし)で歩(ある)くと痛(いた)い。
A pebble beach hurts to walk on barefoot.
波(なみ)が石浜(いしはま)に打(う)ち寄(よ)せると、独特(どくとく)のからからとした音(おと)がする。
When waves wash up on the pebble beach, they make a distinctive rattling sound.

Compound of 石(いし) (stone) + 浜(はま) (beach). A descriptive geographic term. May also appear as a place name or surname.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 石浜(いしはま)を歩(ある)く: to walk on a pebble beach
  • 石浜(いしはま)の海岸(かいがん): a pebble-beach coastline

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 砂浜(すなはま): sand beach — the sandy counterpart
  • 磯(いそ): rocky shore — generally larger rocks; the rocky/tidepool zone
  • 海岸(かいがん): coast, shore — broader term
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