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じん
ren (ancient Chinese measure of height, depth, etc.; between 1-3 meters)
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九仞の功

きゅうじんのこう
spectacular success
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九仞の功を一簣に虧く

exp
きゅうじんのこうをいっきにかく
to fail one step short of great success; to fall at the last hurdle
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千仞

千尋
せんじん、ちひろ
great depth; bottomless; great height
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万尋

万仞
ばんじん
10000 fathoms; great depth; great height
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壁立千仞

exp
へきりつせんじん
precipitous cliff of great height, metaphor for absolute nature of Buddhist truth
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万尋の谷

万仞の谷
ばんじんのたに
bottomless ravine; abyss