やま
Meanings
Noun
1. 地形の呼称で周囲よりも高く盛り上がった土地。山岳。
2. 語義1状のもの。特にものを集め積み重ねたものをいう。
3. 物事の絶頂、肝心な個所。ピーク。
山場の略
4. 鉱山を意味する俗語。
5. 根拠のない見込み。
山勘の略語。語義4.より
6. 祭の山車などの略称・通称。
7. 麻雀牌を積み並べたもの。壁牌(ピーパイ)ともいう。
8. 寺、境内。特に比叡山延暦寺をいう。
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (267 in total)
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
① 山の尊称。② 山臥。
northern hill
① 山神、山霊、山精、妖怪。② 山や谷の斜面に向かい声や音を発するときに起こる反響して帰ってくる声や音。
mountain recess; deep in the mountains
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
① 小さい山。低い山。
① ネコ目(食肉目)ネコ科に属する野生の小型の哺乳動物。ネコの近縁種、又は野生化した家猫の別称である野猫の通称でもある。② ネコ目(食肉目)ネコ科ネコ亜科ネコ属に属する学名Felis silvestrisの和名。③ 鎌や鋸などの山仕事に必要な道具を入れた袋④ 化けて出るの意から江戸時代に寺社の境内にいた私娼。
① サケ目タイヘイヨウサケ属に属すさくらますの亜種で降海しないで河川でのみ生息する。学名:Oncorhynchus masou。
① 青々と樹木が茂った山。
mountain road; mountain trail
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
① 人里離れた山の中。深山。
(metal) mine
① 修験者② 山野で起き伏しをして仏道の修行をする僧。③ 山野で野宿をすること。その者。
① 大きな山。② 思い切った賭けや勝負。山師の大計画。
mountain witch; yamauba
① 山の連なり。連山。
① 山の陰になっている部分や場所。
① 非常に多く。たくさん。
one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit
① 草木の生えていない山。土が剥き出しの山。
porcupine (any mammal of suborder Hystricomorpha)
① 山崩れで多量の岩片や土砂を含んだ土石流が渓岸や山腹を削ることで起こる現象。
① Macromeles tschonoskii(シノニム: Malus tschonoskii)。和名は牧野 (1940) では「おほずみ」、岡本 (1959) では「」。② ズミの別称。
① やまめの別称。② おいかわの別称。
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
rugged mountain (of the more rugged mountain of a pair of mountains)
Okayama (city, prefecture)
wax myrtle (Myrica rubra); asian bog myrtle
sand hill; dune
wind blowing down from a mountain
mountain camellia; sasanqua
① 岩が多い山。岩だけの山。岩盤が露出している山。
① 雪が降り積もっている冬の山。② 雪を山のように高く積み上げたもの。
Tsuyama, a region in the Okayama prefecture
highest part of the shoulder (of clothing)
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
① 山中に吹く風。② 山から吹く風、おろし。③ 夜に山から吹き下ろす風。
crimson glory vine (species of grapevine, Vitis Coignetiae)
① 山を越え吹いてくる風。② 北海道や東北、関東の太平洋側に吹いてくる冷湿な北東風または東風。梅雨寒や日照不足などの冷害を引き起こす。
① ユリ科ホトトギス属の多年草の一種。学名:Tricyris macropoda。
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
stony mountain
island mountain
skilled miner; coal-cutter
heart of a mountain
① 大相撲の力士のまげを結う専門職。
① 物を山のように高く盛り上げること。そのもの。
hills and fields; hill and dale
curved; forming the shape of an arch
sly old dog; old fox
undeveloped woodland near populated area; settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes
sea and mountains
bumpkin; person from the country; unrefined person recently arrived from the countryside
foods topped with grated yam
screw thread; ridge
mountain of death; steep mountain which the dead must cross to reach the afterlife
Rhododendron kaempferi (species of rhododendron)
to pile up; to form into a (huge) pile
mountain path
mountain climbing; mountaineering
large crowd; mass of people
① 山を支配する神。やまがみ。② 頭が上がらない自分の妻。口うるさい自分の妻。
① 山から流れる水。② 山と水。
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
being raised in the mountains; person raised in the mountains
guesswork; speculation; hunch
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
to speculate; to make an educated guess; to gamble (e.g. on getting the right questions)
partridge (of genus Perdix)
to speculate; to make an educated guess; to gamble (e.g. on getting the right questions)
① 山に住むこと。
kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa); Japanese flowering dogwood
mountain witch; akebia (Akebia quinata)
pusher (in a mine)
gently sloping mountain (of the less rugged mountain of a pair of mountains)
wild boar meat; (lit.) mountain whale
to make a lucky hit; to win against the odds; to anticipate correctly; to strike a vein of ore
mountain rabbit; mountain hare
side of a mountain that gets a lot of sunshine (and is therefore suitable for farming)
in the mountains; among the mountains
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
① 山の尊称。② 山臥。
mountain's surface; bare surface of a mountain
place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)
equal division (of profits, prize money, etc.); equal split
Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax, extinct); wild dog
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
① 山の草木が燃え広がって起こる火災。
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
gold mine; treasure trove; golconda; (lit.) mountain of treasures
climax; turning point
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; foothills
mountain river; mountain stream
small festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival)
pincushion
① ユリ目ユリ科ユリ属に属する多年草の一種。学名:Lilium auratum。
mountains and rivers
① 連山の一番端の山。外れの山。はやま。② 人里に近い山。
mountain top; summit; peak
① 春の山。
speculator; adventurer; imposter; prospector
to have the end in sight; (lit.) to see the mountains
mountain-walking; hiking
mountain-side
① 山を見回って番をすること。その人。
giant; woodsman; alpinist
secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple; retreat; off-site meeting
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
mountain ridge; near a mountain
mountain storm; yamaarashi; judo throwing technique
① 雪に覆われた冬の季節の山。冬枯れの山。② 冬季の登山もしくはその対象となる山。
mountain goddess
hill in a monkey enclosure (at a zoo, etc.)
① 草木の生えていない山。土が剥き出しの山。
① 長雨、豪雨、地震、火山爆発、山腹工事などによって山の斜面が急に崩れ岩片、土砂が落ちてくること。
along a mountain
food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land
to pile up; to form into a (huge) pile
warrior monks from Enryaku temple at Mt. Hiei in Kyoto
forestry; lumbering; timbering; work done in the mountains
(having) ups and downs
derby; bowler (hat)
I don't care what happens (after this)
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
① 地震や噴火などの前触れで山が音を立てること。その音。山の地鳴り。② 地下深部の切羽やトンネル工事において周囲の岩盤内で発生する微弱な振動や音。
slagheap; slag heap; pile of coal waste
slagheap; slag heap; pile of coal waste
silky wisteria (Wisteria brachybotrys)
ridge (of a mountain)
mountain range; cluster of mountains; mountainous region
mountain field; mountain farmland
haystack; hay bale
① 夏に草木が青々と茂った山。② 夏季に登山もしくはその対象となる山。
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
half a loaf is better than none; (lit.) even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain
Momoyama period (latter half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1583-1600)
screw thread; ridge
speculative spirit
speculative spirit
speculative spirit
to surmount a difficulty; to go across a mountain
folds of a mountain
ranger (forest); mountain guardian
Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)
mountain fold (origami)
crowd of people
(passing along) from mountain to mountain
outdoor clothing fashion style for young women; young woman who dresses in outdoor clothing; young woman who enjoys mountain climbing
mountain air
angle bracket (e.g. <>); chevron
slagheap; slag heap; pile of coal waste
slagheap; slag heap; pile of coal waste
too many cooks spoil the broth; (lit.) too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain
food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land
speculative spirit
Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)
① チドリ目シギ科ヤマシギ属に属する鳥の一種。学名:Scolopax rusticola。やぶしぎ。ぼとしぎ。
misty mountain in spring with buds and flowers emerging
mountain grass; mountain weed; mountain plant; Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves)
mountain of swords; mountain in hell covered in swords (with their tips pointing upward)
peak of the arch of an eyebrow
Mountain Day (national holiday; August 11)
top crease of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing); sleeve cap (of Western clothing)
neither fish nor fowl; hard to predict; up in the air; unclear
making a living in the mountains
pleat or fold peak
burning a mountain (by design)
sulfur mine; sulphur mine
to have one's predictions turn out exactly right
① 里に比べて山に多く降る雪。特に、日本の日本海沿岸地域の山間部に多く降る雪。
owner of a mountain; proprietor of a mine
to commit a crime
burnt mountain; dormant volcano
Higashiyama period (cultural and artistic period of the mid-Muromachi)
mountain fire; bush fire
① 漢字の部首「⼭」が偏である場合の呼称。
Maruyama vaccine (said to be effective against leprosy, cancer and cutaneous tuberculosis)
wood ant (any ant of genus Formica)
① 《植物》 (Phytolacca americana) ヤマゴボウヤマゴボウの多年草の名。全草が有毒で、生長すると濃い紫色の果実をつける。
souvenir from the mountains
woodland sumac (Rhus sylvestris)
mountain in the winter; (lit.) sleeping mountain
English bread; roundtop bread; high tin loaf
where there's a will, there's a way
Japanese sumac (Rhus trichocarpa)
Meliosma rigida (species of flowering plant)
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)
Omphalodes japonica (species of flowering plant related to borage)
stoat (Mustela erminea); ermine; short-tailed weasel
barren mountain
mountain where logging is prohibited
name of a town section
Japanese onion (edible plant, Allium thunbergii)
Yamasaki Faction (of the LDP)
mountain zebra (Equus zebra)
① 漢字の部首「⼭」の呼称の一つ。
Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque)
mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi)
shrubby lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza bicolor)
Helicia cochinchinensis (species of flowering plant)
Artemisia montana; Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
Katayama disease (i.e. schistosomiasis japonica)
① マタギが使う言葉。② で、山の中で魔を呼びよせないために使う特別な言葉。里では使わない。
Plectranthus inflexus (species of plant in the mint family)
Azumayama thistle; Cirsiummicrospicatum
zeal is a bad servant; (lit.) the person who chases a deer does not see the mountain
Rhizophora mucronata (species of mangrove)
hell's mountain of needles
mountain covered in autumn colours at the end of autumn
Yokoyama Shinto (Edo-period Shinto sect promoted by Masae Yokoyama)
mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa)
mashing of steamed rice, mold and water with wooden poles in traditional sake making
tea-of-heaven (Hydrangea macrophylla subsp. serrata); mountain hydrangea
Dybowski's frog (Rana dybowskii)
mountain-valley winds; mountain and valley breeze
Rhabdoblatta yayeyamana (species of cockroach)
southern mountain cavy (Microcavia australis)
Andean mountain cavy (Microcavia niata)
Shipton's mountain cavy (Microcavia shiptoni)
wall; wall tiles
wall; wall tiles
Satake palm (Satakentia liukiuensis); Yaeyama palm
Osmunda banksiifolia (species of fern)
Lindera glauca (species of spicebush)
great morinda (Morinda citrifolia); Indian mulberry; noni; beach mulberry; cheese fruit
western pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea); pearly everlasting
things cannot be larger than the things that contain them; (lit.) there are no boars larger than the mountain (in which they live)
things cannot be larger than the things that contain them; (lit.) there are no boars larger than the mountain (in which they live)
mountain in the third month, with trees vigorously budding
① 山の中に湧き水が溜まって、自然とできた井戸。
mountain well
enormous thing; greatly; very
Motoyama Station (Nagoya)
Maruyama Station
Arashiyama Station (Hankyu)
Moriyama Station
Higashiyama Station (Hokkaido)
Tokuyama Dam
Nakayama Station (Kanagawa)
Higashiyama Kōen Station (Nagoya)
Yamasaki Station
Taniyama Station (JR Kyushu)
Shimoyama Station (Kyoto)
Murayama Station
Ōkurayama Station
Chayama Station (Fukuoka)
Hanayama Dam
Kabutoyama Station
Nishiyama Station
Tsubosakayama Station
Urushiyama Station
Yamanomachi Station
Yamanouchi Station
Yokoyama Station (Ishikawa)
Aobayama Station
Examples (136 in total)
That mountain is high.
I was in the mountains.
The village is surrounded by mountains.