崖

Meaning

崖 centers on a steep, exposed rock face: a cliff, bluff, or precipice.

• 崖がけ
  N1

  cliff; precipice

• 崖っぷちがけっぷち

  cliff edge; edge of a precipice

• 断崖だんがい

  precipice; cliff; bluff

• 断崖絶壁だんがいぜっぺき

  precipitous cliff; sheer precipice

• 崖崩れがけくずれ
  N2

  landslide; landslip

• ２０２５年の崖にせんにじゅうごねんのがけ

  2025 digital cliff; anticipated problem of antiquated systems and shortage of human resources in IT

• ガラスの崖ガラスのがけ

  glass cliff (corporate leadership)

• 崎崖きがい

  steepness of a mountain

• 崖の上のポニョがけのうえのポニョ

  Ponyo (2008 animated film)

• 崖上がいじょう

  cliff top

• 崖下がいか

  below a cliff

• 崖端歩きがけばたあるき

  taking unnecessary risks; precipice walking

• 崖道がけみち

  path along a cliff

• 懸崖けんがい

  overhanging cliff

• 断層崖だんそうがい

  fault scarp; fault escarpment

• 海食崖かいしょくがい

  sea cliff

• 磨崖仏まがいぶつ

  Buddha figure carved on a rock face

• 財政の崖ざいせいのがけ

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

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