ヤマ
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Noun
1. mountain; hill
2. mine (e.g. coal mine)
3. heap; pile
Noun
4. crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); protruding part of an object; high part
5. climax; peak; critical point
6. guess; speculation; gamble
7. criminal case; crime
police, crime reporter jargon
8. mountain climbing; mountaineering
9. festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd)
10. deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn); stack
11. wall; wall tile
12. temple; temple grounds
13. wild
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (230 in total)
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
nearby mountain; mountain near a human settlement
wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.); wild cat; stray cat
lush mountain; green mountain
landlocked masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou masou)
porcupine (any mammal of suborder Hystricomorpha)
Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax, extinct); wild dog
(metal) mine
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains); mountain god; mountain guardian deity
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
mountain; vicinity of a mountain
cold wind descending from the mountains; cold Pacific wind (in the Tōhoku region in summer)
golden-rayed lily (Lilium auratum)
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
stony mountain
mountain recess; deep in the mountains
speculative spirit
partridge (of genus Perdix)
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
guesswork; speculation; hunch
mountain path
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
Yamanashi (city, prefecture); wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear
wax myrtle (Myrica rubra); asian bog myrtle
mountain road; mountain trail
Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)
in the mountains; among the mountains
mountains and rivers
hill; knoll
crimson glory vine (species of grapevine, Vitis Coignetiae)
place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)
Rhododendron kaempferi (species of rhododendron)
speculator; adventurer; imposter; prospector
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
mountain range; cluster of mountains; mountainous region
kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa); Japanese flowering dogwood
mountain camellia; sasanqua
highest part of the shoulder (of clothing)
itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō
remote mountain; mountain recesses
Okayama (city, prefecture)
one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit
wind blowing down from a mountain
American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)
woodland sumac (Rhus sylvestris)
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
big gamble; big plunge; big mountain
silky wisteria (Wisteria brachybotrys)
ridge (of a mountain)
outdoor clothing fashion style for young women; young woman who dresses in outdoor clothing; young woman who enjoys mountain climbing
peak of the arch of an eyebrow
living in the mountains; house in the mountains
Meliosma rigida (species of flowering plant)
Omphalodes japonica (species of flowering plant related to borage)
stoat (Mustela erminea); ermine; short-tailed weasel
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
rocky mountain
heap; pile; stack; full measure
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
mountain
mountain
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
hills and fields; hill and dale
Tsuyama, a region in the Okayama prefecture
northern hill
mountain's surface; bare surface of a mountain
sand hill; dune
mountain climbing; mountaineering
equal division (of profits, prize money, etc.); equal split
roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)
forest fire; bushfire; wildfire
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
valley; ravine; glen; gorge
gold mine; treasure trove; golconda; (lit.) mountain of treasures
climax; turning point
large crowd; mass of people
mountain river; mountain stream
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; foothills
small festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival)
pincushion
mountain range; mountain belt
curved; forming the shape of an arch
place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains
mountain witch; yamauba
mountain and water; landscape (containing hills and rivers); mountain stream; water that flows down from a mountain
sly old dog; old fox
mountain top; summit; peak
mountain in early spring; mountain that has the appearance of spring
mountain-walking; hiking
ranger (forest); mountain guardian
mountain-side
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
wintry mountain; mountain that is often climbed during the winter
mountain goddess
hill in a monkey enclosure (at a zoo, etc.)
bald mountain; denuded mountain; bare hill; treeless hill
mountain wind
landslide
being raised in the mountains; person raised in the mountains
along a mountain
food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land
undeveloped woodland near populated area; settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes
sea and mountains
rugged mountain (of the more rugged mountain of a pair of mountains)
warrior monks from Enryaku temple at Mt. Hiei in Kyoto
bumpkin; person from the country; unrefined person recently arrived from the countryside
forestry; lumbering; timbering; work done in the mountains
(having) ups and downs
landslide
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
I don't care what happens (after this)
island mountain
angle bracket (e.g. <>); chevron
slagheap; slag heap; pile of coal waste
rumbling of a mountain
mountain field; mountain farmland
haystack; hay bale
summery mountain; mountain that is often climbed in summer
skilled miner; coal-cutter
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
foods topped with grated yam
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)
derby; bowler (hat)
screw thread; ridge
speculative spirit
speculative spirit
folds of a mountain
ranger (forest); mountain guardian
mountain fold (origami)
crowd of people
(passing along) from mountain to mountain
mountain air
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
heart of a mountain
hairdresser (for sumo wrestlers and actors); wigmaker (for actors); hairdressing room (Edo-period kabuki)
mountain grass; mountain weed; mountain plant
mountain of death; steep mountain which the dead must cross to reach the afterlife
mountain of swords; mountain in hell covered in swords (with their tips pointing upward)
misty mountain in spring with buds and flowers emerging
Mountain Day (national holiday; August 11)
top crease of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing); sleeve cap (of Western clothing)
making a living in the mountains
pleat or fold peak
burning a mountain (by design)
sulfur mine; sulphur mine
snow that falls on mountains
owner of a mountain; proprietor of a mine
burnt mountain; dormant volcano
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) (esp. one living in the mountains); Tricyrtis macropoda (species of toad lily)
Higashiyama period (cultural and artistic period of the mid-Muromachi)
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
wood ant (any ant of genus Formica)
mountain fire; bush fire
kanji "mountain" radical at left
Maruyama vaccine (said to be effective against leprosy, cancer and cutaneous tuberculosis)
souvenir from the mountains
mountain in the winter; (lit.) sleeping mountain
mountain rabbit; mountain hare
English bread; roundtop bread; high tin loaf
where there's a will, there's a way
Japanese sumac (Rhus trichocarpa)
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)
side of a mountain that gets a lot of sunshine (and is therefore suitable for farming)
mountain zebra (Equus zebra)
Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque)
shrubby lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza bicolor)
Helicia cochinchinensis (species of flowering plant)
Artemisia montana; Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
Plectranthus inflexus (species of plant in the mint family)
Azumayama thistle; Cirsiummicrospicatum
Rhizophora mucronata (species of mangrove)
mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa)
tea-of-heaven (Hydrangea macrophylla subsp. serrata); mountain hydrangea
Dybowski's frog (Rana dybowskii)
Rhabdoblatta yayeyamana (species of cockroach)
southern mountain cavy (Microcavia australis)
Andean mountain cavy (Microcavia niata)
Shipton's mountain cavy (Microcavia shiptoni)
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
barren mountain
mountain where logging is prohibited
name of a town section
Japanese onion (edible plant, Allium thunbergii)
Yamasaki Faction (of the LDP)
kanji "mountain" radical at top
mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi)
Katayama disease (i.e. schistosomiasis japonica)
mountain language (euphemisms used by hunters, etc. when in the wild)
zeal is a bad servant; (lit.) the person who chases a deer does not see the mountain
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)
mashing of steamed rice, mold and water with wooden poles in traditional sake making
mountain-valley winds; mountain and valley breeze
wall; wall tiles
wall; wall tiles
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
mountain well
mountain well
enormous thing; greatly; very
Examples (133 in total)
That mountain is high.
I was in the mountains.
The village is surrounded by mountains.