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JLPT N5 · Noun

山 (yama)

山 (やま, yama) is a Japanese noun meaning “mountain; hill”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
やま
Romaji
yama
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

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

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.
Tatoeba #173254
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.
Tatoeba #141208

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

Kanji in 山

山
mountainサン・セン・やま · 3 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 山.

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鉱山こうざんmine (gold, coal, etc.)山岳さんがくmountain chain山脈さんみゃくmountain range山腹さんぷくhillside

Source: JMdict entry 1302680 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.