How to say "granite" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 花崗岩かこうがんnounGranite as a rock type: the term used in geology and science writing, and the straightforward word when you simply mean the stone itself.
- 御影石みかげいしnounGranite as a building and ornamental stone — kitchen counters, gravestones, building facades. The name comes from Mikage, a quarrying district near Kobe famous for its granite, and the word is at home in the stone trade.
- nounThe katakana loanword; you are most likely to meet it in the stone trade, product names, and specialist writing, and it is seldom the word you need for saying 'granite' yourself.
Choose 花崗岩 for granite as a rock in geology and general description, 御影石 for granite as building or ornamental stone, and treat 「グラニット」 as the katakana loanword of trade and product writing.
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