Refers to a narrow, steep-sided valley between mountains, often with a stream. A somewhat literary or descriptive term; in everyday speech, 谷 (たに) is more common.
The sound of the clear stream flowing through the ravine is pleasant.
谷 is the common, everyday word for 'valley' or 'ravine'. 渓間 is more literary and specifically evokes a narrow, stream-filled mountain gorge.
渓谷 is a more common compound for 'ravine' or 'canyon'. 渓間 is less frequent and carries a slightly more poetic or classical nuance.
Standard modern kanji spelling.
Variant kanji form; less common than 渓間.
Contains outdated kanji; not used in modern writing.
Compound of 渓 (mountain stream) and 間 (space, interval), literally 'space between mountain streams'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is conventionally associated with the image of a narrow valley carved by a stream.