壁かべ

壁かべに〈物もの〉を掛かけるto hang something on the wall
壁かべに絵えを掛かけた。
I hung a picture on the wall.
壁かべにぶつかるto hit a wall / run into an obstacle
計けい画かくは資し金きん不ぶ足そくの壁かべにぶつかった。
The plan ran into the obstacle of a lack of funds.
壁かべを乗のり越こえるto overcome an obstacle or barrier
彼かれはその壁かべを乗のり越こえて成せい功こうした。
He overcame that barrier and succeeded.
壁かべに寄よりかかるto lean against the wall
彼かれは壁かべに寄よりかかって話はなしを聞きいていた。
He was leaning against the wall listening to the story.
壁かべを塗ぬるto plaster or paint a wall
職しょく人にんが壁かべを白しろく塗ぬった。
The craftsman painted the wall white.

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厚あつい壁かべhard-to-overcome obstacle; high hurdle
心こころの壁かべemotional wall; internal barrier
熱ねつの壁かべheat barrier
音おとの壁かべsound barrier
バカの壁かべstupidity barrier; obstacle to mutual understanding caused by ignorance or closed-mindedness

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障しょう壁へき sense 2
障壁 is a more formal, often abstract term for a barrier (e.g. trade or psychological), while 壁 is the everyday word for both physical walls and figurative obstacles.
隔かく壁へき sense 1
隔壁 is a technical term for a partition or bulkhead used in construction or engineering, whereas 壁 is the plain, everyday word for a wall.
塀へいN3
壁 covers any wall including a building's interior walls, while 塀 specifically means a freestanding outdoor wall or fence enclosing a property.
ウォール
壁 is the everyday native Japanese word for a wall, while ウォール is a loanword mainly used in specialized or modern contexts like sports or compound words.

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壁へき面めん
壁 is the general word for a 'wall', while 壁面 specifically points to the flat surface or face of that wall.
外がい壁へき
壁 is the generic word for any wall (inside or outside), whereas 外壁 specifically denotes the outer, exterior wall.
大おお台だい
壁 is a general obstacle or barrier of any kind, whereas 大台 refers specifically to a psychologically significant round-number level.
難なん関かんN1
壁 is a literal wall used metaphorically for any barrier, whereas 難関 is a more formal term specifically for institutional or competitive hurdles.
バリア
壁 is the basic native word for a physical wall, while バリア often carries a protective or defensive nuance, even when metaphorical.
ハードル
壁 (wall) is used metaphorically for a blocking obstacle you must break through, whereas ハードル suggests something you jump over one at a time.
隔へだて
壁 literally means a wall but is often used metaphorically for a barrier between people, much like the figurative sense of 隔て.
土ど塀べい
壁 is a general term for any wall, while 土塀 specifically refers to a freestanding wall made of earth or mud plaster.

塀へいN3sense 1
壁 refers to a wall that forms part of a building's structure, while 塀 is a freestanding fence or wall enclosing a property from outside.

枚まいN3
Used when counting flat panels or sheets; for a plain wall, native counting is often with other expressions rather than a simple counter.
面めんN1
For flat surfaces — mirrors, walls, shields, sports courts.

壁かべ紙がみ
wallpaper (physical) · wallpaper (computer); background image; desktop image
真しん壁かべ
wall with exposed timber pillars
壁かべ掛かけ
wall hanging; wall-mounted ornament; wall decoration · wall-mounted
壁かべ際ぎわ
close to the wall; alongside the wall
白しら壁かべ
white plaster wall · tofu; bean curd

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石いし壁かべ
stone wall; dry stone wall · rocky cliff; stone precipice
京きょう壁かべ
kyokabe; Kyoto-style clay wall
土つち壁かべ
mud wall; earthen wall
壁かべ代しろ
curtain separating central room from aisles (palatial-style architecture)
壁かべ土つち
wall plaster; wall clay; wall mud
壁かべ役やく
bullpen catcher · tank (MMORPG)
壁かべ材ざい
wall material; wall-finishing material · wallplate (mining)
壁かべ板いた
wallboard; wall paneling; wall decoration
壁かべ草くさ
grass mixed with mud for wall construction · Hedera rhombea (species of ivy)
大おお壁かべ
wall with no exposed pillars
妻つま壁かべ
gable wall

壁Usage98%
- かべ
  Standard kanji spelling for the common reading かべ.
- へき
かべUsage2%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the intended meaning is clear from context.
カベUsage<1%
へき

The kanji 壁 combines 土 (earth) and 辟 (to split, avoid), suggesting an earthen barrier. The word かべ is native Japanese.