noun
sheer cliff; cliff standing like a wall
Rare literary noun, almost always found in the four-character idiom 壁立千仞 (へきりつせんじん), meaning a cliff towering a thousand fathoms high. Not used in everyday speech.
See also: 壁立千仞
「壁立千仞」という言葉は、切り立った崖を表す。
The phrase 壁立千仞 describes a sheer cliff.