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山 kanji
mountain
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
サンセン
Kun readings
やま
Words with 山
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —火山砂volcanic sand
- —火山列volcanic chain
- —火山毛Pele's hair (threads of volcanic glass formed in mid-air)
- —火山塵volcanic dust
- —山椒喰ashy minivet (species of passerine bird, Pericrocotus divaricatus)
- —智山派Chisan sect (of Shingi Shingon Buddhism); Chizan sect
- —豊山派Buzan sect (of Shingi Shingon Buddhism)
- —山行者mountain hiker; person engaging in walking activities in the mountains
- —山王祭Sannō Festival (Hie Shrine in Tokyo; June 15); Sannō Festival (Hie Shrine in Shiga; April 14)
- —山椒藻floating watermoss (Salvinia natans)
- —火山涙Pele's tears (tearlike drops of volcanic glass)
- —山岳地mountain land; mountains
- —遊山船excursion boat; pleasure boat
- —山地帯montane zone; mountain zone
- —遊山所excursion spot; getaway; red-light district; brothel
- —鉱山学mining studies; mining engineering; mining science
- —農山村farming and mountain villages; rural districts
- —切山椒sweetened mochi flavoured with Japanese pepper
- —山椒餅mochi with sanshō (Sichuan pepper)
- —三名山Japan's Three Famous Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku)