石いし壁かべ

noun

stone wall; dry stone wall

Refers to a wall built from stones, often without mortar (dry wall). Common in traditional Japanese architecture and fortifications.

• 城しろの周まわりには高たかい石いし壁かべが築きずかれていた。

  A high stone wall was built around the castle.

• 庭にわに石いし壁かべを作つくって花か壇だんを囲かこんだ。

  We built a stone wall in the garden to enclose the flower bed.

noun

rocky cliff; stone precipice

Describes a steep natural rock face or cliff. Less common than sense 1, and may be encountered in descriptive or literary contexts.

• 登と山ざん道どうの横よこには切きり立たった石いし壁かべがそびえていた。

  A sheer rocky cliff rose beside the mountain trail.