He stood on the edge of the cliff and looked down at the sea.
崖
cliff, bluff, precipice
Kanji
Grade
Grade 8
Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
山部
On'yomi (Chinese Reading)
ガイ, ゲ, ギ
Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)
がけ, きし, はて
Example sentences
The heavy rain caused the cliff to collapse.
He looked down at the sea from the cliff.
The climbers used a thick rope to climb the cliff.
On the verge of bankruptcy, they were truly on the brink of collapse.
Being stranded on the edge of a cliff was truly a situation hanging by a thread.
There was a cave at the foot of the cliff.
The car slipped on a narrow mountain road, but thanks to the guardrail, it didn't fall down the cliff.
That lighthouse stands atop a steep cliff where violent waves crash.
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