JLPT N1 · Noun

山脈 (sanmyaku)

山脈 (さんみゃく, sanmyaku) is a Japanese noun meaning “mountain range; mountain belt”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: さんみゃく
Romaji: sanmyaku
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

mountain range; mountain belt · noun

Example sentences

私は山脈を見た。

I saw a chain of mountains.

Tatoeba #156653

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 山脈

山

mountainサン・セン・やま · 3 strokes

脈

vein, pulse, hopeミャク・すじ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 山脈.

山やまmountain沢山たくさんa lot登山とざんmountain climbing火山かざんvolcano山林さんりんmountain forest山さんMt.鉱山こうざんmine (gold, coal, etc.)山岳さんがくmountain chain山腹さんぷくhillside文脈ぶんみゃくcontext (of a passage)脈みゃくpulse

Source: JMdict entry 1303190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.