うばすてやま
Meanings
Noun
1. mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend)
2. position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred
3. women's college
Meiji, Taisho period slang
Kanji used
mountain
Pitch accent
ばすてやま
Composed of
practice of abandoning old people, usu. women
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。④ 鉱山を意味する俗語。⑤ 根拠のない見込み。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。