へき
Meanings
Noun
1. wall; partition
2. barrier; obstacle
figuratively
3. Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
when read as "へき"
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (31 in total)
rampart; castle walls
outer wall
surface of a wall
Examples (65 in total)
Don't lean against the wall.
They are breaking down the wall.
There is a map on the wall.
Dogs can't climb up walls.
There is a clock on the wall.
There's a spider on the wall.
Ken jumped over the wall.
He leaned against the wall.
The wall was coated with paint.
I made a hole in the wall.
I hate the colour of this wall.
There are many paintings on the wall.
I hung a picture on the wall.
The car crashed into the wall.
I hate the color of these walls.
His pictures were hung on the wall.
My father painted the wall white.
My father is busy building a wall.
The boy drew a picture on the wall.
Don't lean against this wall.
There is a portrait of Bob on the wall.
A portrait was hung on the wall.
He propped his bike against the wall.
The man dashed the bottle against the wall.
I hang the calendar on the wall.
The posters were immediately removed from the wall.
His eye fell on the picture on the wall.
Our task is to repair a wall.
What colour are those walls?
The color of the carpet is in harmony with the wall.
He pressed his ear against the wall.
She stained the wall beige.
He stood with his back to the wall.
His shadow on the wall looked sad.
There are some pictures on the wall.
Please put the table next to the wall.
I hit my head hard against the wall.
The walls supported the entire weight of the roof.
This wall feels very cold.
He painted all the walls green.
When did you have your wall painted?
The walls of Mary's room were covered with posters.
He drew a straight line on the wall.
I peeped out through a crack in the wall.
They fixed the sign to the wall.
The wall was made of rough stones.
He saw a butterfly on the wall.
I helped her hang the picture on the wall.
It casts mysterious shadows on the wall.
The picture is on the wall now.
The floor was painted green, while the walls were yellow.
He stood against the wall with his hands in his pockets.
One can't see through a brick wall.
He plastered the wall with posters.
Attempts to redraw voting districts have hit a wall of opposition.
The bookshelves are built into the walls of my room.
In the middle of the wall at the back of the room is a large window.
By evening the shadow of the tree reached the wall.
People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.
They had to climb a wall six feet high.
The walls of this apartment are weather-beaten after many years of wind and rain.
Tom and Mary are going to build a wall around their house.
She seemed pressed for time and often glanced at the clock on the wall.
If walls could talk, what stories would they tell us?
The wall is thirty yards long.