断崖絶壁

だんがいぜっぺき

Meanings

1. Noun precipitous cliff; sheer precipice
2. critical situation

Kanji

• 断 sever. Read as ダン.
• 崖 cliff. Read as ガイ.
• 絶 cut off. Read as ゼツ.
• 壁 wall. Read as ヘキ.

Example sentences

• 昨夜さ、オカピと僕で断崖絶壁に教会を建てた夢を見たんだ。
  I had a dream last night that an okapi and I built a hanging church on the face of a cliff.

Common phrases

• 断崖絶壁が続く

Word lists

• Yojijukugo (四字熟語)

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