| 仞 | じん | ren (ancient Chinese measure of height, depth, etc.; between 1-3 meters) |
| 千仞 | せんじん | 1: great depth (lit: thousand fathoms); bottomless; 2: great height |
| 万仞 | ばんじん | 10000 fathoms; great depth; great height |
| 九仞の功 | きゅうじんのこう | spectacular success |
| 壁立千仞 | へきりつせんじん | precipitous cliff of great height, metaphor for absolute nature of Buddhist truth |
| 九仞の功を一簣に虧く | 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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