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崖 (がけ): cliff — Japanese vocabulary

崖 is read がけ and means "cliff". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

崖

Reading
がけ · gake
Translation
cliff
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
がけが

Example

私たちがロープでがけを降りたのは本当に冒険だった。

わたしたちがロープでがけをおりたのはほんとうにぼうけんだった。

It was a real challenge for us to go down the cliff on a rope.

Kanji in this word

  • 崖 — Cliff, Bluff, Precipice

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