Kanji

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

がけ
彼は崖のふちに立って、海を見下ろした。

He stood on the edge of the cliff and looked down at the sea.

崩れる くずれる
大雨で崖が崩れた

The heavy rain caused the cliff to collapse.

断崖 だんがい
彼は断崖から海を見下ろした。

He looked down at the sea from the cliff.

ロープ ロープ
登山家たちは太いロープを使って断崖を登った。

The climbers used a thick rope to climb the cliff.

崖っぷち がけっぷち
倒産寸前で、まさに崖っぷちの状態だ。

On the verge of bankruptcy, they were truly on the brink of collapse.

一髪千鈞 いっぱつせんきん
崖っぷちでの立ち往生は、正に一髪千鈞の事態であった。

Being stranded on the edge of a cliff was truly a situation hanging by a thread.

崖下 がいか
崖下には洞窟があった

There was a cave at the foot of the cliff.

ガードレール ガードレール
狭い山道で車が滑ったが、ガードレールのおかげで崖下に落ちずに済んだ。

The car slipped on a narrow mountain road, but thanks to the guardrail, it didn't fall down the cliff.

断崖絶壁 だんがいぜっぺき
その灯台は、激しい波が打ち寄せる断崖絶壁の上に立っている。

That lighthouse stands atop a steep cliff where violent waves crash.

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