渓けい壑がく

noun

ravine; chasm; gorge

Literary or formal term for a deep, narrow valley with steep sides. Not an everyday word; 谷 (たに) is the common equivalent.

• その渓けい壑がくは深ふかく、底そこには清せい流りゅうが流ながれていた。

  The ravine was deep, and a clear stream flowed at the bottom.

noun

ravenous desire; insatiable craving

Figurative use likening intense desire to a bottomless chasm. Rare and literary; often appears in the set phrase 渓壑の欲 (けいがくのよく).

• 彼かれの権けん力りょくへの渓けい壑がくの欲よくは、ついに破は滅めつを招まねいた。

  His insatiable desire for power finally brought about his ruin.