Meaning of 山 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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山JLPT 5
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Kana Readingやま
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Romajiyama
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Word Senses
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- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), counter
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- mountain; hill
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- mine (e.g. coal mine)
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- heap; pile
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- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire)
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- climax; peak; critical point
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- guess; speculation
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- criminal case; crime
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- festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd)
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- noun, used as a prefix
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- wild
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Example Sentences
山, やま used in context
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只見町は福島県南会津地方にあり、急峻な山を隔てて新潟との県境に位置しています。
Tadami is in Minamiaizu in Fukushima; cut off by steep mountains and located on the prefecture border with Niigata.
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ＵＦＯは飛行機とは到底思えないジグザグの動きで、東の山に飛んでいった。
The UFO, with a zigzag movement you couldn't think of as being a plane, flew off into the mountains in the east.
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I thought the highest mountain in Tsuyama was Takiyama.
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The sun had barely risen at the foot of the mountain when she set out alone up the slope.
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The sun had barely risen at the foot of the mountain when she set out alone up the slope.
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The mountainside was ablaze with the autumn colors of the trees.
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