| 天目山 | line between victory and defeat |
| 痩せ山 | barren mountain |
| 留め山 | mountain where logging is prohibited |
| 雪山 | piles of snow |
| 一山当てる | to be right on target, to strike it rich |
| 須弥山 | Mt Sumeru (in Buddhism - said to be the highest mountain rising in the center of the world) (centre) |
| 硫黄山 | sulfur mine, sulphur mine |
| 大字片山 | name of a town section |
| 険しい山 | steep mountain, craggy mountain |
| 山径 | mountain path |
| 山上の垂訓 | the Sermon on the Mount |
| 山水閣 | Sansuikaku (restaurant name) |
| 山水荘 | The Sansui Inn |
| 山水楼 | Sansuiro (name of an exclusive restaurant) |
| 山頂を極める | to reach the summit |
| 晋山 | taking up a new position as chief priest of a Buddhist temple |
| 剣の山 | mountain (in hell) covered in swords, which are buried so their tips point upward |
| 登山口 | starting point of a mountain ascent, trailhead (leading up a mountain) |
| 山沿いの地方 | mountainous region |
山なす 山成す | to pile up, to form into a (huge) pile |
| 山の気 | mountain air |
| 山の背 | ridge (of a mountain) |
| 山の端 | edge (brow) of mountain |
| 山鉾 | festival float mounted with a decorative halberd |
山道にかかる 山道に掛かる | to come to a mountain path |
| 山を越す | to surmount a difficulty, to go across a mountain |
浅間山荘事件 あさま山荘事件 | Asama-Sanso incident (famous hostage crisis and police siege in Feb. 1972) |
| 山側 | mountain-side |
| 山川 | mountain rivers |
| 登山靴 | (mountain-)climbing boots |
| 登山鉄道 | mountain railway |
| 登山電車 | mountain railway |
| 登山道 | mountain trail, path up a mountain |
| 山雀 | varied tit (species of titmouse, Poecile varius) |
| 山百合 | golden-rayed lily (Lilium auratum) |
| 山歩き | mountain-walking, hiking |
| 山砲 | mountain gun |
| 野山 | hills and fields, hill and dale |
| アパラチア山脈 | Appalachian mountains, Appalachians |
| アンゴラ山羊 | Angora goat |
| カシミア山羊 | Cashmere goat |
| ベンガル山猫 | leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) |
| ヨーロッパ山猫 | European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris) |
| リビア山猫 | Libyan wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica), African wildcat |
| 亜高山帯 | subalpine zone |
| 夏山冬里方式 | rotated grazing |
| 火山ガス | volcanic gas |
| 火山灰土 | volcanic ash soil |
| 火山岩尖 | volcanic spine |