VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

やま
hepburn yama

mountain

Part of speech · noun

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mountain
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Examples

  1. 富士山は高い山です。
    Mt. Fuji is a tall mountain.
  2. 日曜日に山に登ります。
    On Sunday I climb a mountain.

Collocations

山に登る (climb a mountain)高い山 (tall mountain)富士山 (Fuji-san, Mt. Fuji)山道 (yamamichi, mountain path)火山 (kazan, volcano)

Mnemonic

山 yama — "mountain". Core in Japanese geography vocab. The kanji visually depicts peaks. Onyomi さん (san): 富士山 Fuji-san (Mt. Fuji), 火山 kazan (volcano), 登山 tozan (mountaineering). The -san in 富士山 is "mountain", not the honorific.

Quick check

  1. What does the -san in 富士山 (Mt. Fuji) mean?

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