渓けい澗かん

noun

mountain stream; valley

Literary term for a mountain stream or the valley through which it flows. Rare in everyday speech; more common words are 谷川 (たにがわ) for 'mountain stream' and 谷 (たに) for 'valley'.

• 詩しの中なかで、渓けい澗かんのせせらぎが美うつくしく描えがかれている。

  In the poem, the babbling of the mountain stream is beautifully depicted.

• その古ふるい地ち図ずには、深ふかい渓けい澗かんが記しるされていた。

  On that old map, a deep valley was marked.