岸壁|がんぺきganpeki[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounquay; wharf; jetty
   船ふねは岸壁がんぺきからしだいに遠とおざかって行いった。↗

   The boat moved slowly away from the quay.
2. nounwall-like shoreline; cliff wall

• Synonym波止場はとばNeutralOld-fashioned word for a wharf or docking place, with an old-harbor flavor; 「岸壁」 is a mooring wall built along the land, and can also mean a steep cliff.
• Synonym埠頭ふとうNeutralFormal term for a pier jutting into the harbor where ships dock and passengers and cargo are handled; 「岸壁」 runs along the land, not into the water.
• Related突堤とっていNeutralA jetty stretching from the shore into the sea, built mainly to break waves and protect the coast; 「岸壁」 is a mooring facility built along the shoreline.
• Related桟橋さんばしNeutralA bridge-like structure reaching out over the water for boarding and landing, also a high bridge over a gorge; 「岸壁」 runs along the land and does not extend out.

Use 「岸壁」 for a ship-mooring wall built along the harbor shore, or for a steep, cliff-like coast, as in 「岸壁に接岸する」. For a pier, the formal term is 「埠頭」 and the old-fashioned one 「波止場」; for a structure reaching out over the water, say 「桟橋」.

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1. 壁かべのように切り立きりたった岸きしや崖がけ。
2. 船舶せんぱくを係留けいりゅうするための港湾こうわん施設しせつ（係留けいりゅう施設しせつ）。桟橋さんばしとは異ことなり陸域りくいきに沿そって設置せっちされたもの。係船けいせん岸がん、係船けいせん岸壁がんぺきとも。