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JLPT N1 · Noun

崖 (gake)

崖 (がけ, gake) is a Japanese noun meaning “cliff; precipice”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
がけ
Romaji
gake
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. cliff; precipice · noun
  2. precipice; brink of a dangerous situation · noun

Example sentences

その崖は道路の上に突き出ている。
The cliff hangs over the road.
Tatoeba #211693

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 崖

崖
cliff, bluff, precipiceガイ・ゲ・がけ・きし · 11 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1204380 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.