山
やま
hepburn yama
mountain
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 富士山は高い山です。Mt. Fuji is a tall mountain.
- 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
Yama — 山, mountain. The sound is Yamato, separate from the kanji's Sino reading. The kanji 山 itself is three peaks drawn — meet it again in Mandarin Roots. The Sino reading "san" appears in 富士山 (Fuji-san) — that -san is "mountain", not the honorific. Same kanji as Korean "san," same meaning.
Quick check
What does the -san in 富士山 (Mt. Fuji) mean?