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山

やま

counter

Meanings

1mountain
2hill
3mine
4(mountain) forest
5heap
6pile
7stack
8protruding or high part of an object

Example sentence

日曜日に山に登りました。

にちようびにやまにのぼりました。

I climbed a mountain on Sunday.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

山Mountain3 strokes

More words with 山

山岳さんがく · mountainsN1 山脈さんみゃく · mountain rangeN1 山腹さんぷく · hillsideN1 総本山そうほんざん · head temple of a Buddhist sect 火山かざん · volcanoN2

Full entry on Jisho

山林さんりん · mountain forestN2

～山～さん · the name of mountainN2

鉱山こうざん · mineN1

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