JAPANESE STUDY SYSTEMKOTOWA 词和
N5 — N1
READING CONTROL
Vocabulary collection7,811
Kanji collection2,383
SOURCE SELECTOR
Grammar collection0526
SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

化か石せき

N1
かせき kaseki
  1. fossil
  2. petrifaction
  3. fossilization
nounする verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

化石

Examples

  • 私が手にしてるのは貝の化石です。
    What I have in my hand is a fossil seashell.
    我手里拿着的是贝壳化石。
  • まるで化か石せきみたいな人にん間げんだわ。
    He is a living fossil!
    真是像化石一样的人啊。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('5b0765a40d'); // 化石
{
  "id": "5b0765a40d",
  "word": "化石",
  "reading": "かせき",
  "romaji": "kaseki",
  "meanings": [
    "fossil",
    "petrifaction",
    "fossilization"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1187210,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "私が手にしてるのは貝の化石です。",
      "en": "What I have in my hand is a fossil seashell.",
      "tatoeba_id": 167691
    },
    {
      "ja": "まるで化石みたいな人間だわ。",
      "furigana": "まるで{化石|かせき}みたいな{人間|にんげん}だわ。",
      "en": "He is a living fossil!",
      "tatoeba_id": 195151
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "61e435e4d176c0a425884b39a47fa249064927f4e721b044de7158c33da8c470",
    "meanings": [
      "化石"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "私が手にしてるのは貝の化石です。",
        "zh": "我手里拿着的是贝壳化石。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "まるで化石みたいな人間だわ。",
        "zh": "真是像化石一样的人啊。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/5b0765a40d",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1187210; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "ab9d5321e464250126e4576d76f71f75582053905005271da772aee99e5c2cb8",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}