noun
tall building; high shelf
Literary or formal term for a lofty building or a high shelf. In modern Japanese, 高い建物 or 高い棚 are more common.
古い詩に「高閣に登りて望めば」という一節がある。
There is a line in an old poem: 'Climbing the tall building and looking out.'
書庫の高閣から古い巻物を取り出す。
I take out an old scroll from the high shelf in the library.