巉ざん巌がん

noun

sheer cliff; precipitous peak

Literary term for a steep, near-vertical rock face or mountain peak. Rare in everyday speech; mainly encountered in classical or descriptive writing.

• その山やまは巉ざん巌がんとしてそびえ、登のぼるのが極きわめて困こん難なんだった。

  The mountain rose as a sheer cliff, making it extremely difficult to climb.