mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
mountain road; mountain trail
mountain hamlet; mountain village
lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
in the mountains; among the mountains
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
heap; pile; stack; full measure
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas
kerria (Kerria japonica); Japanese yellow rose; bright golden yellow; gold coin (formerly used in Japan)
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
hut (esp. on a mountain); shack; refuge; shanty
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
hills and fields; hill and dale
wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.); wild cat; stray cat
Toyama (city, prefecture)
mountain recess; deep in the mountains
mountain folk; hermit; mountain wizard; word used as part of a pseudonym by artists, writers, etc.
Tsuyama, a region in the Okayama prefecture
remote mountain; mountain recesses
mountain's surface; bare surface of a mountain
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
Okayama (city, prefecture)
mountain climbing; mountaineering
place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)
equal division (of profits, prize money, etc.); equal split
mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)
forest fire; bushfire; wildfire
Yamanashi (city, prefecture); wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear
big gamble; big plunge; big mountain
gold mine; treasure trove; golconda; (lit.) mountain of treasures
Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax, extinct); wild dog
large crowd; mass of people
artificial hill (in a garden)
mountain river; mountain stream
small festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival)
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
golden-rayed lily (Lilium auratum)
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; foothills
one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit
curved; forming the shape of an arch
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
mountain villa; house in the mountains; mountain retreat
place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess
Yamanashi prefecture (Chūbu area)
mountain top; summit; peak
mountain in early spring; mountain that has the appearance of spring
copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii); mountain bird
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
mountain; vicinity of a mountain
speculator; adventurer; imposter; prospector
mountain and water; landscape (containing hills and rivers); landscape picture; mountain stream; water that flows down from a mountain; garden which contains an artificial hill and a pond
to have the end in sight; (lit.) to see the mountains
ranger (forest); mountain guardian
giant; woodsman; alpinist
situated deep in the mountains
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
mountain monkey; wild monkey; mountain dweller; bumpkin; boor
mountain range; mountain belt
deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn); stack; draw pile; tag verifying one has permission to take plants and trees from common land (Edo period)
steep mountain; craggy mountain
nearby mountain; mountain near a human settlement
mountain ridge; near a mountain
mountain storm; yamaarashi; judo throwing technique
wintry mountain; mountain that is often climbed during the winter
mountain cherry (Cerasus jamasakura)
echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains); mountain god; mountain guardian deity
Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)
hill in a monkey enclosure (at a zoo, etc.)
woman's hairstyle (Edo period) (made popular by a Yoshiwara prostitute called Katsuyama)
festival float mounted with a decorative halberd
secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple; retreat; off-site meeting
being raised in the mountains; person raised in the mountains
food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land
king of the hill; king of the castle; king of the mountain
undeveloped woodland near populated area; settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes
Okayama prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Toyama prefecture (Hokuriku area)
Yamagata prefecture (Tōhoku area)
mountain-dwelling turtledove (often oriental turtle dove)
talk about various topics
warrior monks from Enryaku temple at Mt. Hiei in Kyoto
bald mountain; denuded mountain; bare hill; treeless hill
bumpkin; person from the country; unrefined person recently arrived from the countryside
rugged mountain (of the more rugged mountain of a pair of mountains)
forestry; lumbering; timbering; work done in the mountains
to be right on target; to strike it rich
Wakayama prefecture (Kinki area)
guesswork; speculation; hunch
to pile up; to form into a (huge) pile
many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; (lit.) even dust becomes a mountain if piled together
I don't care what follows; the future will take care of itself
I don't care what happens (after this)
landlocked masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou masou)
Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
dirt cheap; very cheap; worthless; lot (in a sale)
crimson glory vine (species of grapevine, Vitis Coignetiae)
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
angle bracket (e.g. <>); chevron
mountain field; mountain farmland
silky wisteria (Wisteria brachybotrys)
summery mountain; mountain that is often climbed in summer
wind blowing down, coming over a mountain; immediately after one's draw; winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left
Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)
to speculate; to make an educated guess; to gamble (e.g. on getting the right questions)
Momoyama period (latter half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1583-1600)
mountain range; cluster of mountains; mountainous region
skilled miner; coal-cutter
foods topped with grated yam
land leech (Haemadipsa zeylanica japonica)
to surmount a difficulty; to go across a mountain
slagheap; slag heap; pile of coal waste
ranger (forest); mountain guardian
mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend); position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred; women's college
(passing along) from mountain to mountain
Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
mountain camellia; sasanqua
half a loaf is better than none; (lit.) even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain
outdoor clothing fashion style for young women; young woman who dresses in outdoor clothing; young woman who enjoys mountain climbing
in being immobile be like a mountain (from Sun Tzu); being imperturbable; immobile like a mountain (from laziness, etc.)
crow in the mountains; jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos); rook (species of crow, Corvus frugilegus); (arch.) dark-skinned person
slagheap; slag heap; pile of coal waste
food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land
wax myrtle (Myrica rubra); asian bog myrtle
wind blowing down from a mountain
Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)
porcupine (any mammal of suborder Hystricomorpha)
start of the mountain-climbing season
mountain grass; mountain weed; mountain plant; Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves)
discard pile (card games)
mountain of swords; mountain in hell covered in swords (with their tips pointing upward)
misty mountain in spring with buds and flowers emerging
foothill; end section of a mountain range
varied tit (species of titmouse, Poecile varius)
hairdresser (for sumo wrestlers and actors); wigmaker (for actors); hairdressing room (Edo-period kabuki)
mountain of death; steep mountain which the dead must cross to reach the afterlife
to speculate; to make an educated guess; to gamble (e.g. on getting the right questions)
Mountain Day (national holiday; August 11)
peak of the arch of an eyebrow
living in the mountains; person living in the mountains
mountain clouds; (arch.) mountains and clouds
top crease of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing); sleeve cap (of Western clothing)
too many cooks spoil the broth; (lit.) too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain
living in the mountains; house in the mountains
to come to a mountain path
making a living in the mountains
cold wind descending from the mountains; cold Pacific wind (in the Tōhoku region in summer)
neither fish nor fowl; hard to predict; up in the air; unclear
owner of a mountain; proprietor of a mine
castle on a hill in the plains; flatland-mountain castle
burning a mountain (by design)
snow that falls on mountains
festival held in July in Fukuoka City; Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival (often just called Yamakasa Festival)
wild giant butterbur; Japanese silverleaf
sulfur mine; sulphur mine
to pile up; to form into a (huge) pile
to have one's predictions turn out exactly right
Higashiyama period (cultural and artistic period of the mid-Muromachi)
mountain villages and neighbouring agricultural, forest, etc. areas
burnt mountain; dormant volcano
mountain witch; akebia (Akebia quinata)
gently sloping mountain (of the less rugged mountain of a pair of mountains)
wild boar meat; (lit.) mountain whale
Maruyama vaccine (said to be effective against leprosy, cancer and cutaneous tuberculosis)
kanji "mountain" radical at left
souvenir from the mountains
to make a lucky hit; to win against the odds; to anticipate correctly; to strike a vein of ore
English bread; roundtop bread; high tin loaf
mountain in the winter; (lit.) sleeping mountain
where there's a will, there's a way
mountain cliff; mountain precipice
Chinese mulberry (Morus bombycis); kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa)
lynx (esp. the Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx)
Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)
Rhododendron kaempferi (species of rhododendron)
kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa); Japanese flowering dogwood
highest part of the shoulder (of clothing)
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) (esp. one living in the mountains); Tricyrtis macropoda (species of toad lily)
Japanese wood ant (Formica japonica)
wood ant (any ant of genus Formica)
Miyama cherry (Prunus maximowiczii); Korean cherry; (arch.) mountain cherry tree
mountain rabbit; mountain hare
the refined speech of the uptown residents of Tokyo
mountain in springtime when all of the tree buds open at the same time; (lit.) laughing mountain
rough geta (e.g. made of Japanese cedar)
don't judge a book by its cover; (lit.) a mountain is not to be honoured just because it is high
sake brewing using natural yeast and no mashing
partridge (of genus Perdix)
being jealous of somebody over something but also thinking they should be sentenced to death over it (esp. of male teachers having sexual relations with their students)
woodland sumac (Rhus sylvestris)
side of a mountain that gets a lot of sunshine (and is therefore suitable for farming)
Wright viburnum; viburnum wrightii
mountain language (euphemisms used by hunters, etc. when in the wild)
things cannot be larger than the things that contain them; (lit.) there are no boars larger than the mountain (in which they live)
to go over the hump; to get successfully through the bulk of the work
zeal is a bad servant; (lit.) the person who chases a deer does not see the mountain
to have a good opportunity only to let it slip from your grasp; (lit.) to come home empty-handed despite having entered treasure mountain
mountain in the third month, with trees vigorously budding
bandit; brigand; hunter; ancient hunting communities in Tōhoku
neither fish nor fowl; hard-to-predict
Hystricomorpha (suborder of rodents)
Yokoyama Shinto (Edo-period Shinto sect promoted by Masae Yokoyama)
cold wind descending from the mountains
(lit.) our debt to our parents is higher than the mountain and deeper than the sea
Yamamoto sect (of Shin Buddhism); Sangen sect
relocation of wild animals to a remote location
mountain covered in autumn colours at the end of autumn
mountain-valley winds; mountain and valley breeze
mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi)
Katayama disease (i.e. schistosomiasis japonica)
mountain where logging is prohibited
chevron (military rank insignia)
sake brewing using natural yeast and no mashing
hell's mountain of needles
Yamasaki Faction (of the LDP)
kanji "mountain" radical at top
mashing of steamed rice, mold and water with wooden poles in traditional sake making
pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter; rotated grazing
water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; purple yam
sake brewing using natural yeast and no mashing
Japanese onion (edible plant, Allium thunbergii)
water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; purple yam
Iriomote cat (Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis)
Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii)
American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)
yellow-throated bunting (Emberiza elegans)
jetbead (Rhodotypos scandens); white kerria
Japanese sumac (Rhus trichocarpa)
Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)
Amur leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus); Tsushima leopard cat
Miyama stag beetle (Lucanus maculifemoratus)
leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
rook (species of crow, Corvus frugilegus)
Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)
stoat (Mustela erminea); ermine; short-tailed weasel
meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris var. nipponicus)
African wildcat (Felis lybica)
Chelidonium japonicum (species of poppy)
penny bun (Boletus edulis); porcino; cep
European goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea); woundwort
Omphalodes japonica (species of flowering plant related to borage)
Meliosma rigida (species of flowering plant)
sargent cherry (Prunus sargentii)
tall shield orchid (Nervilia aragoana)
Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)
Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)
western pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea); pearly everlasting
Satake palm (Satakentia liukiuensis); Yaeyama palm
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
wheel tree (Trochodendron araloides)
Helicia cochinchinensis (species of flowering plant)
mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa)
Andean mountain cavy (Microcavia niata)
Shipton's mountain cavy (Microcavia shiptoni)
great morinda (Morinda citrifolia); Indian mulberry; noni; beach mulberry; cheese fruit
cinquefoil (Potentilla matsumurae); potentilla; Japanese alpine perennial of the rose family
Japanese noctule (Nyctalus furvus)
Aralia glabra (species of spikenard)
Rhizophora mucronata (species of mangrove)
Polemonium caeruleum subsp. yezoense var. nipponicum (variety of Jacob's ladder)
mountain zebra (Equus zebra)
Lindera glauca (species of spicebush)
Formica sanguinea (species of red wood ant)
European wildcat (Felis silvestris)
flat-headed cat (Prionailurus planiceps)
Amur leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus); Tsushima leopard cat
Japanese skimmia (Skimmia japonica, esp. S. j. var. japonica)
Goodyera schlechtendaliana (species of orchid)
tea-of-heaven (Hydrangea macrophylla subsp. serrata); mountain hydrangea
Thunberg's fleabane (Erigeron thunbergii)
southern mountain cavy (Microcavia australis)
alpine accentor (Prunella collaris)
Dybowski's frog (Rana dybowskii)
Osmunda banksiifolia (species of fern)
Plectranthus inflexus (species of plant in the mint family)
Oncomelania hupensis nosophora (species of tropical freshwater snail)
Rhabdoblatta yayeyamana (species of cockroach)
shrubby lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza bicolor)
mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque)
Artemisia montana; Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
gray partridge (Perdix perdix); grey partridge
Calopteryx cornelia (species of damselfly)
bearded tooth fungus (Hericium erinaceum); lion's mane mushroom
lemon balm (Melissa officinalis); sweet balm
Azumayama thistle; Cirsiummicrospicatum
enormous thing; greatly; very
Motoyama Station (Nagoya)
Arashiyama Station (Hankyu)
Kōriyama Station (Fukushima)
Higashiyama Station (Hokkaido)
Nakayama Station (Kanagawa)
Shimoyama Station (Kyoto)
Yamaguchi Station (Aichi)
Nishiyama Tennozan Station
Yokoyama Station (Ishikawa)
Chayama Station (Fukuoka)
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