谷たに

た

に

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

General term for a valley or ravine; can refer to any low area between hills or mountains.

谷たにを渡わたるto cross a valley
ロープウェーで谷たにを渡わたった。
We crossed the valley by cable car.
谷たにに落おちるto fall into a valley
登と山ざん者しゃが足あしを滑すべらせて谷たにに落おちた。
The climber slipped and fell into the valley.
深ふかい谷たにa deep valley
この山やま道みちの先さきには深ふかい谷たにがある。
There is a deep valley beyond this mountain path.
谷たにを下くだるto go down into a valley
細ほそい道みちを谷たにを下くだるように進すすんだ。
We made our way down the narrow path into the valley.

盆ぼん地ちN2
盆地 is a wide, flat basin ringed by mountains, whereas 谷 is a narrower, often steeper valley or ravine.
渓けい谷こく
渓谷 is a more literary word for a scenic gorge or ravine, often with a stream, while 谷 is the plain everyday word for a valley.
峡きょう谷こく
峡谷 refers to a deep, narrow canyon-like gorge, whereas 谷 is the general term that can describe any valley, deep or shallow.
谷たに底ぞこ
谷 refers to the valley as a whole landform, while 谷底 specifically names its lowest point or floor.

Show 2 more

谷たに間ま
谷 is the plain, general word for 'valley', while 谷間 emphasizes the narrow gap between mountains and also carries figurative and colloquial senses that 谷 lacks.
沢さわ
谷 is the general word for a valley, while 沢 specifically implies a valley with a flowing mountain stream.

山やまN5
山 is a mountain or peak, while 谷 is the low valley that lies between mountains.
尾お根ね
尾根 is the raised ridgeline of a mountain, while 谷 is the low valley or ravine between mountains.
丘おかN3
谷 is a valley, the low-lying opposite of 丘, a raised hill.

盆ぼん地ちN2
谷 is a narrow, often V-shaped valley, while 盆地 is a wider, bowl-shaped lowland surrounded by higher terrain.

谷たに間ま
valley; ravine; gorge · cleavage (of breasts) · gap; blind spot; trough; lull
谷たに川がわ
mountain stream
たにまち
sponsors of rikishi or their stables
谷たに風かぜ
valley wind
谷たに偏へん
kanji 'valley' radical at left

Show 9 more

Native Japanese word. The kanji 谷 is a pictograph of a valley.