山岨やまそわ

noun

mountain cliff; mountain precipice

Rare literary or geographical term for a steep mountain cliff or precipice. Not common in everyday speech.

• その山岨やまそわは、地じ元もとの古こ老ろうだけが知しる険けわしい崖がけだった。

  That mountain cliff was a steep precipice known only to the local elders.