山さん川せん万ばん里り

noun

far away across mountains and rivers

Literary or poetic expression emphasizing great distance and separation by natural barriers. Often used in classical or formal contexts.

• 山さん川せん万ばん里りを隔へだてて、友ともを思おもう。

  Thinking of a friend, separated by vast mountains and rivers.

• その知しらせは山さん川せん万ばん里りを越こえて届とどいた。

  The news arrived across the great distance of mountains and rivers.