やま
Meanings
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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
Kanji used
mountain
Pitch accent
Top 700
Used in vocabulary (313 in total)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
mountain road; mountain trail
lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place
Examples (133 in total)
That mountain is high.
I was in the mountains.
The village is surrounded by mountains.
The mountain is green.
Faith can move mountains.
The sun rose above the mountain.
The air in the mountain is fresh and clean.
The plane crashed into a mountain.
Carlos climbed the mountain.
The mountains are reflected in the lake.
The mountain has a beautiful shape.
He is still not back from the mountains.
I want to know about this mountain.
He promised a mountain of gold.
There's a pile of letters on the table.
All the snow on the mountain has disappeared.
Which do you like better, the sea or the mountains?
The mountain is covered with snow.
That mountain is covered with snow.
It would be nice to spend the summer in the mountains.
That's a famous mountain.
Now the mountain is hidden by the clouds.
The hotel is located on the mountain.
This mountain is difficult to climb.
The plane flew over the mountain.
How high is this mountain?
Next week, we're heading to the mountain.
Look at that mountain.
Mountains are not necessarily green.
I'm going to climb a mountain with a friend this weekend.
Tom pointed towards the mountain.
The top of that mountain is flat.
This is a mountain famous for its scenery.
The contrast between the sky and the mountain is striking.
Look at that high mountain.
The summit of the mountain is covered with fresh snow.
The mountains in the Himalayas are higher than those in the Andes.
That mountain is an active volcano.
We went up the mountain by cable car.
A tunnel has been bored through the mountain.
I saw the mountain for the first time.
What is the largest mountain in Japan?
There's a castle on the mountain.
Which is the highest mountain in Japan?
In the summer, I go to the sea, and in the winter, to the mountains.
The sun went down behind the mountains.
The scenery at this mountain is very beautiful.
The two mountains are of equal height.
How high is that mountain?
What is Germany's highest mountain?
What is the tallest mountain in Europe?
There was a tower on the top of the mountain.
My brother loves taking pictures of mountains.
They dug through the mountain and built a tunnel.
The whole mountain turns red in autumn.
We climbed the mountain last year.
A new tunnel has been dug through the mountain.
There are many monkeys on the mountain.
Look at that mountain which is covered with snow.
If you climb up this mountain, you'll reach the lab.
The house just crumbled, turning into a pile of stones.
We went to the mountain to ski.
The mountain is not as high as Mt. Fuji.
Her house is at the foot of the mountain.
This mountain is among the highest in the world.
The mountain is standing out in sharp relief against the blue sky.
We went halfway up the mountain.
What's Australia's highest mountain?
Fan letters lay in a heap on the desk.
What is the highest mountain in North America?
Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
You can see that mountain's perpetual snow from here.
How long have you lived in Sasayama?
The highest mountain of Slovenia is the Triglav.
I met some hikers on the mountain.
I like to walk in the mountains.
They couldn't decide whether to go to the mountains or the sea.
Some snow-covered mountains were seen in the distance.
It doesn't rain much on this side of the mountain.
This mountain is covered with snow all year round.
Have you ever seen a bear in the mountain?
You need good equipment to climb that mountain.
This summer vacation, I went to the beach and climbed a mountain.
I climbed the mountain last summer.
I think it's dangerous to climb a mountain on a day when it's stormy.
The higher we climbed, the steeper the mountain became.
The mountain is famous in myth and legend.
I tried climbing the mountain.
That is such a high mountain as old people can't climb.
We climbed along the stream in the mountains.
My wish is to conquer this mountain.
He came from a tiny mountain town.
Examine the pile of documents in advance.
He challenged the mountain at the risk of his life.
The air of hills is cooler than that of plains.
What do you think is the second tallest mountain in Japan?
He likes mountaineering and is well acquainted with the mountains of Japan.
Betty has climbed the mountain three times.
The highest mountain in the world is in Nepal.
Japan is a group of islands with many mountains and almost no forests.
The Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps.
What's the name of the highest mountain in that country?
I am going to write about our parks and mountains.
I climb mountains because they are there.
He repeatedly checked the mountain of related documents.
He finally succeeded in climbing that mountain.
Seen from the top of the hill, the island is very beautiful.
Have you ever climbed Mt. Aso?
He thinks it impossible for me to climb the mountain alone.
We think it is very dangerous that you're climbing the mountain alone.
He equipped himself with everything needed to climb the mountain.
The black and white bears living in the mountains of China and Tibet are called pandas.
I went to Nagano to take pictures of the mountains covered with snow.
He stared at the steep slope of the mountain and stopped climbing it.
It was so nice a day that we went for a hike in the mountains.
I was sure of his success, since he had already climbed the mountain three times.
There on the top of a high mountain they built a small town of their own and lived in peace.
All the villagers went out into the hills to look for a missing cat.
Nearly 80 percent of the land is mountains.
This mountain has an altitude of 3,000 meters.
That high mountain is Mt. Tsukuba.
Mt. Everest is 29,002 feet above sea level.
That mountain is about three thousand meters high.
The river descends from the mountains to the bay below.
The suspect was hiding out in the mountains for three weeks.
Looking at the pile of laundry, I sighed.
The mountain is covered with snow all the year round.
If it were not for the snow, we could climb the mountain.
The town is supplied with water from a reservoir in the hills.
The mountain is more than 3,000 meters above sea level.
Mt. Fuji is about four times as high as Mt. Rokko.
A monster lay on a rock near the top of the mountain.
The mountain top is covered with snow almost all year.