谷（たに）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: valley
Example sentences
- 深い谷に川が流れている。 — A river flows through the deep valley.
- 谷から涼しい風が吹いてくる。 — A cool breeze blows in from the valley.
Idioms & proverbs containing “谷”
- 獅子は我が子を千尋の谷に落とす (ししはわがこをせんじんのたににおとす) — make your dear ones face trials so that they may grow; spare the rod, spoil the child; the lion drops its cubs into the abyss (only raising the ones who climb back up)
- 深山幽谷 (しんざんゆうこく) — deep mountain valleys
- 山あり谷あり (やまありたにあり) — (having) ups and downs
Related words
See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “谷” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)