Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 千仞(せんじん) in Japanese

千仞, 千尋
Kana Reading
せんじん, ちひろ
Romaji
senjin, chihiro
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    great depth (lit: thousand fathoms); bottomless
    Example sentence
    一歩誤るとせんじんの谷だ。 One step further, and you will fall into an abyss.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    great height

Examples of 千仞, 千尋, せんじん, ちひろ in a sentence

  • 一歩誤るとせんじんの谷だ。

    One step further, and you will fall into an abyss.

Kanji in this word

尋 JLPT 1

12 strokes

inquire, fathom, look for

On'Yomi: ジン

Kun'Yomi: たず.ねる, ひろ

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千 JLPT 5

3 strokes

thousand

On'Yomi: セン

Kun'Yomi: ち

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仞

5 strokes

fathom

On'Yomi: ジン

Kun'Yomi: はか.る

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