mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
mountain road; mountain trail
lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place
mountain hamlet; mountain village
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
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
heap; pile; stack; full measure
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
mountain hut (esp. one that offers lodging to climbers and hikers); mountain cottage; mountain shanty
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
kerria (Kerria japonica); Japanese yellow rose; amber; bright golden yellow; gold coin (formerly used in Japan)
yamabushi; practitioner of Shugendō; itinerant Buddhist monk
hills and fields; hill and dale
wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.); wild cat; stray cat
mountain recesses; heart of the mountains; mountain; (arch.) imperial tomb; (arch.) emperor's grave
eastern mountains; mountains to the east; Tōsandō (area between the Tōkaidō and Hokurikudō); Higashiyama (Kyoto district)
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
Toyama (city, prefecture)
western mountains; mountains to the west; Nishiyama (western area of Kyoto)
Tsuyama, a region in the Okayama prefecture
northern mountains; mountains to the north
mountain's surface; bare surface of a mountain
remote mountain; mountain recesses
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
equal division (of profits, prize money, etc.); equal split
mountain climbing; mountaineering
Okayama (city, prefecture)
place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. the Yamate area in Kōbe)
mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)
forest fire; wildfire; bushfire
gold mine; treasure trove; golconda; (lit.) mountain of treasures
climax; peak; critical moment; most important stage; turning point
big gamble; big plunge; big mountain
Yamanashi (city, prefecture); wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear
Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax, extinct); wild dog
artificial hill (in a garden)
small festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival)
mountain river; mountain stream
hilly section of a city (usu. upscale residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
mountain hunt; combing the mountains (for a criminal, etc.)
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; foothills
amber; bright golden yellow
golden-rayed lily (Lilium auratum)
curved; forming the shape of an arch
one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit
(in) the mountains; (among) the mountains; (through) the mountains; (in a) mountain valley
mountain folk; hermit; mountain wizard; word used as part of a pseudonym by artists, writers, etc.
cunning and experienced in the ways of the world; crafty and worldly-wise; sly old (fox)
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
mountain top; summit; peak
mass (of people); large crowd
mountain villa; chalet; mountain cottage; mountain retreat; house in the mountains
copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii); mountain bird
place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess
to have the end in sight; (lit.) to see the mountains
momoyama; traditional japanese baked sweet, made by mixing white bean paste with sugar, egg yolk, and a small amount of flour
mountain in early spring; mountain that has the appearance of spring
speculator; adventurer; imposter; prospector
Yamanashi Prefecture (Chūbu area)
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
mountain; vicinity of a mountain
ranger (forest); mountain guardian
giant; woodsman; alpinist
situated deep in the mountains
mountain range; mountain belt
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
mountain monkey; wild monkey; mountain dweller; bumpkin; boor
steep mountain; craggy mountain
deck (from which players draw cards); draw pile; stock; tag verifying one has permission to take plants and trees from common land (Edo period)
mountain ridge; near a mountain
nearby mountain; mountain near a human settlement
wintry mountain; mountain that is popular for climbing in winter
mountain storm; yamaarashi; judo throwing technique
mountain cherry (Cerasus jamasakura)
echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains); mountain god; mountain guardian deity
artificial mountain in a monkey enclosure (at a zoo, etc.)
Yamaguchi Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple; retreat; off-site meeting
Katsuyama hairstyle; Edo-period woman's hairstyle made popular by a Yoshiwara prostitute called Katsuyama
festival float mounted with a decorative halberd
being raised in the mountains; person raised in the mountains
satoyama; rural landscape coexisting with local agricultural communities
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
Okayama Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
(running) along a mountain; along (a chain of) mountains
talk about various topics
Yamagata Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
mountain-dwelling dove; Oriental turtle dove; rufous turtle dove; white-bellied green pigeon
bald mountain; bare mountain; treeless hill
sea and mountains; deep (indebtedness, love, etc.); immense
forestry; lumbering; timbering; work done in the mountains
warrior monks from Enryaku temple at Mt. Hiei in Kyoto
Toyama Prefecture (Hokuriku area)
bumpkin; person from the country; unrefined person recently arrived from the countryside; transportation from the mountains (e.g. of felled timber)
rugged mountain (of the more rugged mountain of a pair of mountains)
to be right on target; to strike it rich
Wakayama Prefecture (Kinki area)
many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; (lit.) even dust becomes a mountain if piled together
to pile up; to form into a (huge) pile
I don't care what follows; the future will take care of itself
I don't care what happens (after this)
Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
dirt cheap; very cheap; worthless; lot (in a sale)
landlocked masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou masou)
crimson glory vine (species of grapevine, Vitis Coignetiae)
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
crossing a mountain; other side of 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
Yamanote Line game; (drinking) game where players take turns naming items in a category in rhythm with clapping, originally naming Yamanote Line stations
mountain field; mountain farmland
silky wisteria (Wisteria brachybotrys)
Kachi-Kachi Mountain (folktale); The Farmer and the Badger
to speculate; to make an educated guess; to gamble (e.g. on getting the right questions)
summery mountain; mountain that is often climbed in summer
Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)
skilled miner; coal-cutter
Momoyama period (latter half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1583-1600)
mountain range; cluster of mountains; mountainous region
ōyamafuda (comp. karuta); the six cards with six-mora-long kimariji
to surmount a difficulty; to go across a mountain
slagheap; slag heap; pile of coal waste
foods topped with grated yam
land leech (Haemadipsa zeylanica japonica)
Yamanashi Prefectural Police (abbr)
mountain of swords; mountain in hell covered in swords (with their tips pointing upward)
(passing along) from mountain to mountain
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
outdoor clothing fashion style for young women; young woman who dresses in outdoor clothing; young woman who enjoys mountain climbing
half a loaf is better than none; (lit.) even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain
mountain camellia; sasanqua
in being immobile be like a mountain (from Sun Tzu); being imperturbable; immobile like a mountain (from laziness, etc.)
Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
crow in the mountains; jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos); rook (species of crow, Corvus frugilegus); (arch.) dark-skinned person
Toyama Prefectural Police (abbr)
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)
start of the mountain-climbing season
Mountain Day (national holiday; August 11)
mountain dweller; person raised in the mountains
owner of a mountain; proprietor of a mine
mountain grass; mountain weed; mountain plant; Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves)
misty mountain in spring with buds and flowers emerging
angle bracket (punctuation); chevron
foothill; end section of a mountain range
varied tit (species of titmouse, Poecile varius)
too many cooks spoil the broth; (lit.) too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain
mountain area where hunting and logging are prohibited
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)
hairdresser (for sumo wrestlers and actors); wigmaker (for actors); hairdressing room (Edo-period kabuki)
horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)
peak of the arch of an eyebrow
living in the mountains; person living in the mountains
mountain clouds; (arch.) mountains and clouds
making a living in the mountains
top crease of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing); sleeve cap (of Western clothing)
living in the mountains; house in the mountains
to come to a mountain path
neither fish nor fowl; hard to predict; up in the air; unclear
castle on a hill in the plains; flatland-mountain castle
festival held in July in Fukuoka City; Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival (often just called Yamakasa Festival)
cold wind descending from the mountains; cold Pacific wind (in the Tōhoku region in summer)
burning a mountain (by design)
snow that falls on mountains
wild giant butterbur; Japanese silverleaf
sulfur mine; sulphur mine
to have one's predictions turn out exactly right; to have a speculation turn out well
to pile up; to form into a (huge) pile
mountain witch; akebia (Akebia quinata)
Ishiyama Honganji War (1570-1580); Ishiyama War
Higashiyama period (cultural and artistic period of the mid-Muromachi)
mountain villages and neighbouring agricultural, forest, etc. areas
burnt mountain; dormant volcano
Maruyama school of Japanese painting (Edo-Meiji period)
gently sloping mountain (of the less rugged mountain of a pair of mountains)
lynx (esp. the Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx)
wild boar meat; (lit.) mountain whale
Yamaichi Securities Company, Limited
Tsuyama massacre (1938; revenge spree killing of 30 people)
Maruyama vaccine (said to be effective against leprosy, cancer and cutaneous tuberculosis)
Yamagata Prefectural Police (abbr)
kanji "mountain" radical at left
mountain chestnut; chestnut growing in the wild
souvenir from the mountains
to make a lucky hit; to win against the odds; to anticipate correctly; to strike a vein of ore
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus; esp. one living in the mountains); Tricyrtis macropoda (species of toad lily)
Tezukayama Gakuin University
English bread; roundtop bread; high tin loaf
Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi (yakuza syndicate)
Narayama Bushikō - The Ballad of Narayama (1954 novel by Fukazawa Shichirō, 1983 film by Imamura Shōhei)
mountain in the winter; (lit.) sleeping mountain
where there's a will, there's a way
Chinese mulberry (Morus bombycis); kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa)
Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)
kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa); Japanese flowering dogwood
Rhododendron kaempferi (species of rhododendron)
highest part of the shoulder (of clothing)
Japanese wood ant (Formica japonica)
Chelidonium japonicum (species of poppy)
wood ant (any ant of genus Formica)
always contradicting what other people say
refined speech of the uptown residents of Tokyo
Okayama University of Science
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
Miyama cherry (Prunus maximowiczii); Korean cherry; (arch.) mountain cherry tree
to endure hardship while traveling; to face troubles on a journey
sake brewing using natural yeast and no mashing
mountain rabbit; mountain hare
mountain cliff; mountain precipice
partridge (of genus Perdix)
being jealous of someone 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)
Wright viburnum (viburnum wrightii)
euphemisms used by hunters, lumberjacks, etc. when in the wild; (lit.) mountain language
things cannot be larger than the things that contain them; (lit.) there are no boars larger than the mountain (in which they live)
Yamaguchi Women's University
Yamagata University (abbr); Yamaguchi University (abbr)
to go over the hump; to get successfully through the bulk of the work
Koriyama Women's University
National Sun Yat-sen University; NSYSU
Fukuyama Women's Junior College
zeal is a bad servant; (lit.) the person who chases a deer does not see the mountain
Yamagata University (abbr)
Matsuyama Shinonome College
Sugiyama Jogakuen University
to have a good opportunity only to let it slip from your grasp; (lit.) to come home empty-handed despite having entered treasure mountain
Yamaguchi Prefectural University
Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College
University of Fukuchiyama
Yamaguchi Gakugei University
Toyama Prefectural University
Yamanashi Prefectural University
Toyama University of International Studies
Yamanashi Gakuin University
Okayama Gakuin University
Momoyama Gakuin University; St. Andrew's University
Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi (became Sanyo-Onoda City University in 2016)
mountain in the third month, with trees vigorously budding
Fukuyama Heisei University
bandit; brigand; hunter; ancient hunting communities in Tōhoku
St. Andrew's University of Education
Yamanashi Medical University
neither fish nor fowl; hard-to-predict
Hystricomorpha (suborder of rodents)
Toyama Chihō Railway Tateyama Line
Sanyo-Onoda City University
Wakayama Medical University
Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences
Yamano College of Aesthetics
Yamagata Prefectural Yonezawa University of Nutrition Sciences
Yamaguchi-gumi (yakuza syndicate)
Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art
Okayama Healthcare Professional University
Yokoyama Shinto (Edo-period Shinto sect promoted by Masae Yokoyama)
Ishiyama Honganji War (1570-1580); Ishiyama War
side of a mountain that gets a lot of sunshine (and is therefore suitable for farming)
Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
tax levied on mountain or forest ownership (Edo-period)
Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
cold wind descending from the mountains
Yamaguchi Prefectural Police (abbr)
Yamada grammar (Japanese grammar created by Yoshio Yamada)
Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art
Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
(lit.) our debt to our parents is higher than the mountain and deeper than the sea
Yamamoto sect (of Shin Buddhism); Sangen sect
Art Museum of Toyama-kenmin-kaikan
National Institute of Technology, Tsuyama College
relocation of wild animals to a remote location
mountain covered in autumn colours at the end of autumn; (lit.) adorned mountain
Okayama Special Needs School (older name style)
mountain-valley winds; mountain and valley breeze
mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi)
Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical (now Astellas Pharma)
Taniyama-Shimura conjecture (former name of the modularity theorem)
Katayama disease; schistosomiasis japonica
Miyamayomena savatieri (species of flowering plant)
chevron (military rank insignia)
sake brewing using natural yeast and no mashing
Wakayama Prefectural Police (abbr)
Yamazen Corporation; Yamazen
hell's mountain of needles
Yamasaki faction (of the Liberal Democratic Party)
mountain in the summertime covered in plant life; (lit.) overflowing mountain
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
Okayama Prefectural Police (abbr)
water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; purple yam
sake brewing using natural yeast and no mashing
Japanese onion (Allium thunbergii)
water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; purple yam
Iriomote cat (Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis)
woodchuck; groundhog; Japanese dormouse
Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii)
American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)
jetbead (Rhodotypos scandens); white kerria
yellow-throated bunting (Emberiza elegans)
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)
montane brown frog (Rana ornativentris); Nikkō frog
leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
rook (species of crow, Corvus frugilegus)
alpine black swallowtail (Papilio maackii)
Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)
wheel tree (Trochodendron aralioides)
stoat (Mustela erminea); ermine; short-tailed weasel
African wildcat (Felis lybica)
European goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea); woundwort
penny bun (Boletus edulis); porcino; cep
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)
Euphrasia insignis (species of eyebright)
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
meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris var. nipponicus)
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)
Japanese skimmia (Skimmia japonica, esp. S. j. var. japonica)
Goodyera schlechtendaliana (species of orchid)
European wildcat (Felis silvestris)
flat-headed cat (Prionailurus planiceps)
Amur leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus); Tsushima leopard cat
Kyushu azalea (Rhododendron kiusianum)
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 (Lespedeza bicolor)
Artemisia montana; Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque)
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
Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda japonica); Ryukyu leaf turtle
birdlike noctule (Nyctalus aviator)
Azumayama thistle; Cirsiummicrospicatum
coonstriped shrimp (Pandalus hypsinotus); humpback shrimp
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)
Higashiyama Kōen Station (Nagoya)
Taniyama Station (JR Kyushu)