高嶺

たかね こうれい

high peak

海嶺

かいれい

(submarine) ridge

峻嶺

しゅんれい

steep peak, steep ridge, high rugged mountain

北嶺

ほくれい

northern mountain, Mt. Hiei

銀嶺

ぎんれい

silvery, snow-capped mountain

雪嶺

せつれい

snow-capped peak

嶺上

れんじょう

mountain top, summit

嶺颪

ねおろし

wind coming from the top of a mountain

青嶺

あおね あおねろ

lush mountain, green mountain

函嶺

かんれい

the Hakone Mountains

分水嶺

ぶんすいれい

watershed, divide

嶺上牌

リンシャンパイ

replacement tile drawn after declaring a kong

高嶺桜

たかねざくら タカネザクラ

Japanese alpine cherry (Prunus nipponica)

中央海嶺

ちゅうおうかいれい

mid-ocean ridge, midocean ridge

高嶺の花

たかねのはな

goal which is unattainable, prize beyond one's reach, woman who is out of one's league, flower on a high peak

高嶺鷺草

たかねさぎそう

Platanthera maximowicziana (species of orchid)

嶺上開花

リンシャンカイホウ

winning hand formed by drawing a replacement tile after declaring a kong

高嶺苦菜

たかねにがな

Ixeris dentata var. alpicola (mountain flower in the dandelion family)

高嶺七竈

たかねななかまど タカネナナカマド

Siberian mountain ash (Sorbus sambucifolia)