• 仞じん

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

• 九仞きゅうじん

  great height

• 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