山(やま), やま

yama

JLPT 5

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) counter
  • mountain; hill
  • mine (e.g. coal mine)
  • heap; pile
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沢山(たくさん), たくさん

takusan

JLPT 5

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) adverb (fukushi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • many; a lot; much

山林(さんりん), さんりん

sanrin

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • mountain forest; mountains and forest

山(やま), さん

san

JLPT 2

suffix
  • Mt (suffix used with the names of mountains); Mount

山岳(さんがく), 山嶽(さんごく), さんがく

sangaku

JLPT 1

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • mountains

鉱山(こうざん), こうざん

kōzan

JLPT 1

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • mine (ore)

山脈(さんみゃく), さんみゃく, やまなみ

sanmyaku, yamanami

JLPT 1

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • mountain range

山腹(さんぷく), さんぷく

sanpuku

JLPT 1

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • hillside; mountainside

山梨(やまなし), やまなし

yamanashi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear

山形(やまがた), やまがた

yamagata

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • mountain-shaped

山中(さんちゅう), さんちゅう

sanchū

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • among the mountains

椿(つばき), 山(やま), つばき, さんちゃ, ツバキ

tsubaki, sancha, tsubaki

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • common camellia; Camellia japonica
  • tea produced in the mountains

山村(さんそん), さんそん

sanson

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • mountain village

富士山(ふじさん), 不二山(ふじさん), 不(ふ), ふじさん

fujisan

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • Mt Fuji

山手(やまて), やまて

yamate

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • place near the mountains
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)

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