崖 – Vocabulary details

崖がけ

Meanings

Noun

1. cliff; precipice

崖がけの上うえから男おとこたちの声こえが聞きこえてきた。The voices of the men could be heard from the top of the cliff.

2. precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

Alt. forms

Kanji used

崖

bluffs

Pitch accent

が

け

Used in: 1869

Used in vocabulary (9 in total)

崖がけ下した

below a cliff

崖がけっぷち

cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink

cliff top

landslide; landslip

path along a cliff

stone wall

Ponyo (2008 animated film)

財ざい政せいの崖がけ

fiscal cliff (e.g. potential 2013 US financial crisis); fiscal precipice

ガラスの崖がけ

glass cliff (corporate leadership)

Examples (18 in total)

彼かれの息むす子こは崖がけから落おちた。

His son fell over the cliff.

崖がけからバスは落おちていった。

The bus went over the cliff.

その崖がけはほとんど垂すい直ちょくです。

The cliff is almost vertical.