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山 : Mountain (radical 46)

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mountain (radical 46)

On 'yomi:
サン(san) セン(sen)
Kun 'yomi:
やま(yama)
Nanori:
さ(sa) やの(yano) やん(yan)
Strokes:3
Radical:山 (46)
Usage Rating:131
JLPT:N5
old JLPT:4
Grade:1
Unicode:05c71
jis208:27-19
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山 Usage examples

天目山(てんもくざん)line between victory and defeat
痩せ山(やせやま)barren mountain
留め山(とめやま)mountain where logging is prohibited
雪山(せっさん)piles of snow
一山当てる(ひとやまあてる)to be right on target, to strike it rich
須弥山(しゅみせん)Mt Sumeru (in Buddhism - said to be the highest mountain rising in the center of the world) (centre)
硫黄山(いおうやま)sulfur mine, sulphur mine
大字片山(おおあざかたやま)name of a town section
険しい山(けわしいやま)steep mountain, craggy mountain
山径(さんけい)mountain path
山上の垂訓(さんじょうのすいくん)the Sermon on the Mount
山水閣(さんすいかく)Sansuikaku (restaurant name)
山水荘(さんすいそう)The Sansui Inn
山水楼(さんすいろう)Sansuiro (name of an exclusive restaurant)
山頂を極める(さんちょうをきわめる)to reach the summit
晋山(しんざん)taking up a new position as chief priest of a Buddhist temple
剣の山(つるぎのやま)mountain (in hell) covered in swords, which are buried so their tips point upward
登山口(とざんぐち)starting point of a mountain ascent, trailhead (leading up a mountain)
山沿いの地方(やまぞいのちほう)mountainous region
山なす(やまなす)
山成す(やまなす)
to pile up, to form into a (huge) pile
山の気(やまのき)mountain air
山の背(やまのせ)ridge (of a mountain)
山の端(やまのは)edge (brow) of mountain
山鉾(やまぼこ)festival float mounted with a decorative halberd
山道にかかる(やまみちにかかる)
山道に掛かる(やまみちにかかる)
to come to a mountain path
山を越す(やまをこす)to surmount a difficulty, to go across a mountain
浅間山荘事件(あさまさんそうじけん)
あさま山荘事件(あさまさんそうじけん)
Asama-Sanso incident (famous hostage crisis and police siege in Feb. 1972)
山側(やまがわ)mountain-side
山川(やまがわ)mountain rivers
登山靴(とざんぐつ)(mountain-)climbing boots
登山鉄道(とざんてつどう)mountain railway
登山電車(とざんでんしゃ)mountain railway
登山道(とざんどう)mountain trail, path up a mountain
山雀(ヤマガラ)varied tit (species of titmouse, Poecile varius)
山百合(ヤマユリ)golden-rayed lily (Lilium auratum)
山歩き(やまあるき)mountain-walking, hiking
山砲(さんぽう)mountain gun
野山(のやま)hills and fields, hill and dale
アパラチア山脈(アパラチアさんみゃく)Appalachian mountains, Appalachians
アンゴラ山羊(アンゴラやぎ)Angora goat
カシミア山羊(カシミアやぎ)Cashmere goat
ベンガル山猫(ベンガルヤマネコ)leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
ヨーロッパ山猫(ヨーロッパヤマネコ)European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris)
リビア山猫(リビアヤマネコ)Libyan wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica), African wildcat
亜高山帯(あこうざんたい)subalpine zone
夏山冬里方式(なつやまふゆさとほうしき)rotated grazing
火山ガス(かざんガス)volcanic gas
火山灰土(かざんばいど)volcanic ash soil
火山岩尖(かざんがんせん)volcanic spine