崖 – Vocabulary details

崖がけ

Meanings

Noun

1. cliff; precipice

2. precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

Alt. forms

Kanji used

崖

bluffs

Pitch accent

が

け

Used in: 1647

Used in vocabulary (8 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

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

ガラスの崖がけ

glass cliff (corporate leadership)

Examples (11 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.