谷
たに
hepburn tani
valley
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 深い谷に橋がかかっています。A bridge spans the deep valley.
- 谷の下に小さな川が流れています。A small river flows at the bottom of the valley.
Collocations
深い谷谷の下谷川谷底山と谷
Mnemonic
谷 tani — from 谷 (valley): a shape of water flowing down between mountains — a valley. Kun-yomi たに; on-yomi こく (渓谷, keikoku, "ravine"). Like 山と谷 (mountains and valleys), it is terrain vocabulary with 砂 and 岩 of this batch. 谷川 (a mountain stream), 谷底 (the valley floor).
Quick check
What landform does 谷 refer to?