How to say "wall" in Japanese

• 壁かべJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounThe general word for a wall: the vertical surface of a building or room. It also covers a partition dividing a space into rooms.
  男おとこはビンを壁かべに叩たたきつけた。↗

  The man dashed the bottle against the wall.
• 塀へいJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounAn outdoor wall built around a house, garden, or plot to enclose it, standing on its own rather than forming part of a building. For the wall enclosing a property, this is the word.
  塀へいに登のぼるな。↗

  Don't climb up the wall.
• 囲いかこいCommon
  nounEssentially an enclosure: a fence or pen surrounding animals or an area. Its 'wall' sense is just this enclosing one, so it is seldom the word for a wall as a structure.
  家いえの周まわりには囲かこいがしてある。↗

  There is a fence about the house.
• 岩場いわばCommon
  nounRocky ground: an area or stretch of rocks, especially on a climb. Its 'wall' means a wall of rock, a cliff face encountered in climbing — never the wall of a building.
  雨あめが岩場いわばの窪くぼんだところにいくつもの水溜みずたまりを作つくっていた。↗

  Rain formed pools in the hollow spaces on the rocks.
• 垣かきCommon
  nounPrimarily a barrier — something enclosing or screening a plot. Its 'wall' sense is an enclosing wall of this barrier kind, not a building wall; for the latter, 壁 is the word you want.

Choose 壁 for the wall of a building or room, 塀 for a wall enclosing a property, 岩場 for rocky terrain or a rock face, while 「囲い」 is an enclosure or fence and 垣 a barrier.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 壁かべwall
• 塀へいwall
• 囲いかこいenclosure
• 岩場いわばrocky area
• ウォールwall
• 牌山はいやまwall
• 山牌やまはいwall
• 壁牌ピーパイwall tiles
• 垣かきbarrier
• やまwall