山さん嶺れい

noun

mountaintop; summit

Refers to the peak or top of a mountain. A somewhat literary or formal term; in everyday speech, 山頂 (さんちょう) or 頂上 (ちょうじょう) are more common.

• 遠とおくの山さん嶺れいが夕ゆう日ひに染そまっていた。

  The distant mountaintops were dyed by the setting sun.