山

Meanings

1. mountain; hill
2. mine
3. (mountain) forest
4. heap; pile; stack; mountain
5. protruding or high part of an object; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire)

Part of speech: noun, counter, noun (prefix)

Kanji

• 山

  Meanings

  mountain

  On reading

  サン、セン

  Kun reading

  やま

  Strokes

  3

Example sentences

• 高い山の頂上は空気が薄い。

  The air is thin at the top of a high mountain.

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• 洗濯物の山を見ながら、私はため息をついた。

  Looking at the pile of laundry, I sighed.

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• うまくあの先生のやまを当てたわね。

  You've sure got the teacher's number.

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