颪

おろし

wind blowing down from mountains

六甲颪

ろっこうおろし

cold northerly winter wind from the Rokko Mountains

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

山嶺

さんれい

mountaintop, summit

嶺上

れんじょう

mountain top, summit

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