valley
谷 centers on a low area between hills or mountains: a valley. The shape itself suggests a sloping opening between higher ground.
谷 is a pictograph of a valley: the upper strokes suggest the sloping sides, and the lower 口 represents the valley floor or opening.
The top strokes look like two hillsides sloping down into a central opening, and the 口 at the bottom is the flat valley floor. Picture a narrow valley between steep slopes.
For コク, imagine a valley filled with echoing sounds: a loud 'coke' can dropped into the valley echoes 'coke' back, cueing コク.
Shibuya City (special ward of Tokyo); Shibuya
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
valley; ravine; gorge; chasm
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
mountain stream
gorge; ravine; canyon; glen
mountains and valleys
Hibiya Line
sponsors of rikishi or their stables
warbler being in a valley
marsh land; swamp
Ryukoku University
Setagaya Line
valley wind
transverse valley
Kutani ware (style of Japanese porcelain)
deep ravine; glen
Oya tuff stone
Kumagai Gumi
Otani University