Kanji: 山

    • Meaning : mountain
    • ON reading : サン,セン
    • KUN reading : やま
    • Nanori : さ,やの,やん
    • Stroke count : 3
    • Frequency of use ranking : 131
    • Jouyou grade level : 1
    • JLPT : 4
    • Radical :

Words containing that kanji:


  • となれとなれ - あとはのとなれやまとなれ - I don't care what follows/The future will take care of itself
  • 鹿ず - しかをおうものはやまをみず - You cannot see the wood for trees
  • | | - くちなし | クチナシ - Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)/Cape jessamine/gardenia
  • り - じんかんいたるところせいざんあり - There's room for us all in the world
  • でもぴりりとい - さんしょうはこつぶでもぴりりとからい - Small head but great wit
  • もればる - ちりもつもればやまとなる - Many a little makes a mickle
  • わさび | - わさびだいこん - horseradish
  • える - やまがみえる - The end is in sight
  • - やまのてことば - the refined speech of the uptown residents Tokyo
  • - みやまよめな - Miyamayomena savateri
  • - わさびのき | ワサビノキ - horseradish tree (Moringa oleifera)
  • - こやぎ - kid/young goat
  • - はくさんしゃくなげ | ハクサンシャクナゲ - Hakusan rhododendron/Rhododendron metternichii var.
  • - のうさんぎょそん - agricultural, mountain and fishing villages/rural districts
  • - あずまやまあざみ | アズマヤマアザミ - Azumayama thistle/Cirsiummicrospicatum
  • - さんこう - mountain hiking/walking in the mountains
  • - さんがくぶじかん - Mountain Time (US time zone)
  • - さんこうしゃ - mountain hiker/person engaging in walking activities in the mountains
  • | ふざけ - わるふざけ - prank/practical joke/horseplay/mischievous trick
  • - あずちももやまじだい - Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600 CE)
  • - かかし - scarecrow/figurehead
  • - げざん | げさん - descending (mountain)
  • - おくやま - remote mountain/mountain recesses
  • - おかやまけん - Okayama prefecture (Chuugoku area)
  • - かざん - volcano
  • - かざんがん - volcanic rock
  • - なつやま - summery mountain | mountain that is often climbed in summer
  • - かざんばい - volcanic ash
  • - かざんかつどう - volcanic activity
  • - うみせんやません - sly old dog/old fox
  • - かっかざん | かつかざん - active volcano
  • - かいさん - founding a temple (on a hill-top)
  • - いわやま - rocky mountain
  • - きゅうかざん - dormant volcano
  • - ぎょうさん - large quantity/plenty/abundance/great many | exaggeration
  • - ぎんざん - silver mine
  • - ぶざんは - Buzan sect (of Shingi Shingon Buddhism)
  • - けんざん - tool, used in Ikebana (flower arranging), with a heavy base from which needles project upwards, onto which flowers or branches are pushed
  • - ちさんは | ちざんは - Chisan sect (of Shingi Shingon Buddhism)/Chizan sect
  • - さんしょうくい | サンショウクイ - ashy minivet (species of passerine bird, Pericrocotus divaricatus)
  • - やまはっか | ヤマハッカ - Plectranthus inflexus (species of plant in the mint family)
  • - やんばる - mountain areas of Kunigami County in Northern Okinawa
  • | | | - ゆすらうめ | ゆすら | ユスラウメ - Nanking cherry (Prunus tomentosa)/downy cherry
  • 西 - せいようやまはっか | セイヨウヤマハッカ - lemon balm (Melissa officinalis)/sweet balm
  • | - やまことば - mountain language (euphemisms used by hunters, etc. when in the wild)
  • - つしまやまねこ | ツシマヤマネコ - Tsushima cat (variety of leopard cat, Prionailurus bengalensis euptailurus)
  • - こうざんぎし - mining engineer
  • | - やまね | ヤマネ - Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)
  • - こうざんぎょう - mining industry
  • - こうざん - high mountain/alpine
  • - こうざん - mine (ore)
  • - こうざんびょう - altitude sickness/mountain sickness
  • - くろやま - large crowd
  • | - やままゆ | てんさん | ヤママユ - Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)
  • - やまはぜ - woodland sumac (Rhus sylvestris)
  • | - ひきやま - festival float
  • - さんのういちじつしんとう - Sannou Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
  • - やままゆが | ヤママユガ - Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)
  • | - やませみ | ヤマセミ - crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)
  • - やまおんな - mountain witch | akebia (Akebia quinata)
  • - やまのいただき - mountain top
  • - やまざる - monkey/bumpkin/boor
  • - さんがく - mountains
  • - さんかんぶ - mountainous region
  • - さんさい - edible wild plants
  • - やまでら - mountain temple
  • - やまごや - mountain hut
  • - さんすい - landscape/hills and rivers
  • - さんぞく - bandit/brigand
  • - さんちょう - summit (e.g. mountain)
  • - やまねこ - wildcat/lynx
  • - やまぶし - mountain priest/itinerant Buddhist monk
  • れ - やまくずれ - landslide
  • - やまなしけん - Yamanashi prefecture (Chuubu area)
  • - やま - mountain | pile/heap | climax/critical point | speculated area covered by an examination
  • - やまいも - Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
  • - やましたこうえん - park in Yokohama
  • - さんがくぶ - mountaineering club
  • - やまがたけん - Yamagata prefecture (Touhoku area)
  • - やまし - speculator | adventurer/imposter | prospector
  • し - やまだし - bumpkin
  • - さんじょう - mountain top
  • - さんせん | やまかわ - mountains and rivers
  • - さざんか | さんざか | さんさか | さんちゃか | サザンカ - sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua)
  • - やまがたな - woodman's hatchet
  • | - やまはだ - mountain's surface/bare surface of a mountain
  • け - やまわけ - equal split
  • | - やぎ | ヤギ - goat
  • - さんりんがく - forestry
  • - やまのさち - mountain vegetables
  • - やまかげ | さんいん - place in the shade of a mountain/shelter of the mountains | mountain recess
  • - やまかじ - bushfire
  • - さんかん - among the mountains
  • - やまぐちけん - Yamaguchi prefecture (Chuugoku area)
  • - さんしすいめい - scenic beauty
  • | - やまめ | ヤマメ - landlocked masu salmon
  • - やましろ | やまじろ - mountain castle
  • - さんそう - mountain villa/mountain retreat/mountain cottage
  • - さんちゅう - among the mountains
  • - さんどう | やまみち | せんどう - mountain road/mountain trail
  • - やまびこ - echo (as in mountain echo)
  • み - やまなみ - range of mountains
  • - やぎざ - (constellation) Capricornus/Capricorn/the Goat
  • - さんしょう - Japanese pepper (tree) (Xanthoxylum piperitum)/prickly ash
  • - かざんれっとう - chain of volcanic islands
  • - わさび - wasabi (Japanese horseradish)
  • - やまおく - mountain recesses
  • - さんがくちたい - mountain district
  • - さんきょう | やまかい - gorge/ravine/gap
  • - やまざくら - mountain cherry/Prunus donarium, var. spontanea or Prunus jamasakura
  • | - だし | さんしゃ - festival car (float)
  • け - やまやけ - mountain fire/bush fire
  • - さんすいが - landscape picture
  • - さんち | やまち - mountainous district
  • り - やまのぼり - mountain climbing/mountaineering
  • - やまねこそうぎ - wildcat strike
  • - さんぷく - hillside/mountainside
  • - さんみゃく | やまなみ - mountain range
  • - さんしょううお - salamander
  • - さんりん - mountain forest/mountains and forest
  • - かたやまびょう - Katayama disease (i.e. schistosomiasis japonica)
  • くしてる | くしてる - せんどうおおくしてふねやまにのぼる - too many cooks spoil the broth (lit: too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain)
  • スト - やまねこスト - wildcat strike
  • - おやますずめ | オヤマスズメ - alpine accentor (Prunella collaris)
  • - くろやまあり | クロヤマアリ - Japanese wood ant (Formica japonica)
  • - あかやまあり | アカヤマアリ - Formica sanguinea (species of red wood ant)
  • - やまあり | ヤマアリ - wood ant (any ant of genus Formica)
  • - ふくせいかざん - polygenetic volcano
  • - かざんさいせつがん - volcaniclastic rock
  • - かざんれつ - volcanic chain
  • - かざんばいどじょう - volcanic ash soil
  • - かざんじん - volcanic dust
  • | - やまよもぎ | ヤマヨモギ - Japanese mugwort | Artemisia montana
  • - たんせいかざん - monogenetic volcano
  • ガラス - かざんガラス - volcanic glass
  • - かざんもう - Pele's hair (threads of volcanic glass formed in mid-air)
  • - やまじお | さんえん - rock salt/halite
  • - こやま - hill/knoll
  • ワクチン - まるやまワクチン - Maruyama vaccine (said to be effective against leprosy, cancer and cutaneous tuberculosis)
  • もがし - やまもがし | ヤマモガシ - Helicia cochinchinensis (species of flowering plant)
  • - やまもとは | さんげんは - Yamamoto sect (of Shin Buddhism)/Sangen sect
  • - かざんさ - volcanic sand
  • フロント - かざんフロント - volcanic front
  • - ひがしやまじだい - Higashiyama period (cultural and artistic period of the mid-Muromachi)
  • - ひとやま - crowd of people
  • - さんしゅゆ | サンシュユ - Asiatic dogwood (Cornus officinalis)/Japanese cornel/Japanese cornelian-cherry
  • - かざんぐん - volcanic group
  • - かざんしょうかぶつ - volcanic sublimate
  • 西 - せいざんは - Seizan sect (of Pure Land Buddhism)
  • | - さんきらい | サンキライ - Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla) | Smilax china (species of sarsaparilla)
  • - かまくらござん - the five great Rinzai temples of Kamakura (Kencho-ji, Engaku-ji, Jufuku-ji, Jochi-ji, Jomyo-ji)
  • - やまはぎ | ヤマハギ - shrubby lespedeza (species of bush clover, Lespedeza bicolor)
  • - ろざんかいぎ - Lushan Conference (1959 meeting of the Communist Party of China to discuss the Great Leap Forward)
  • - みやまがわとんぼ | ミヤマガワトンボ - Calopteryx cornelia (species of damselfly)
  • - ひださんしょううお | ヒダサンショウウオ - Hida salamander (Hynobius kimurae)
  • - さきやま - skilled miner
  • - ぜんざん - the whole mountain
  • - きせきあんざんがん - pyroxene andesite
  • - みやまほおじろ | ミヤマホオジロ - yellow-throated bunting (Emberiza elegans)
  • 穿 - せんざんこう - pangolin
  • - ぜんざん - foothills/first range of mountains
  • - やまびわ | ヤマビワ - Meliosma rigida (species of flowering plant)
  • - そっかざん - parasite volcano
  • | | - やまのいも | しょよ | じょよ | ヤマノイモ - Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
  • - やますいぎゅう - mountain anoa (Bubalus quarlesi)
  • | - やまほととぎす - lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) (esp. one living in the mountains) | Tricyrtis macropoda (species of toad lily)
  • - やましぎ | ヤマシギ - Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
  • - そでやま - top crease of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing) | sleeve cap (of Western clothing)
  • - やまふだ - deck/stack (playing cards)
  • | - やまばく | ヤマバク - mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque)
  • - ぶちさんしょううお | ブチサンショウウオ - buchi salamander (Hynobius naevius)
  • - やまかんむり - kanji "mountain" radical at top
  • - たざんのいし - object lesson/food for thought
  • - たざん - another mountain/another temple
  • りながらしくしてる - たからのやまにいりながらてをむなしくしてかえる - though sitting on a pile of riches, one comes back empty handed/to have a good opportunity only to let it slip from your grasp
  • - たくさん - many/a lot/much
  • る | たる - やまがあたる - to accurately guess what subjects will turn up on a test/to have one's predictions turn out correct
  • - やまへん - kanji "mountain" radical at left
  • - やまにれ | ヤマニレ - Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
  • - たんしきかざん - simple volcano
  • - つきやま - artificial hill (in a garden)
  • ダム - ちさんダム - erosion-control dam/soil saving dam
  • | - やましまうま | ヤマシマウマ - mountain zebra (Equus zebra)
  • 椿 | - つばき | さんちゃ | ツバキ - common camellia/Camellia japonica | tea produced in the mountains
  • - てんのうざん - Tennozan Hill/strategic point
  • - やんばるてながこがね | ヤンバルテナガコガネ - Yanbaru long-armed scarab beetle (Cheirotonus jambar)
  • - とざん - mountain climbing
  • - ふゆやま - wintry mountain | mountain that is often climbed during the winter
  • | わさび - ほんわさび - wasabi (Wasabia japonica)
  • - とざんきゃく - mountain climber
  • - やんばるくいな - Okinawa rail (bird) (Gallirallus okinawae)
  • - しまやま - island mountain
  • 西 | 西わさび - せいようわさび - horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)
  • - ももやまじだい - Momoyama period (latter half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1583-1600 CE)
  • わい - かれきもやまのにぎわい - (similar to the saying) half a loaf is better than none (lit: even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain)
  • - どうざん - copper mine
  • - すいぼくさんすい - landscape painting in black india ink
  • 寿 - なんざんのじゅ - longevity
  • - なんざん - southern mountain
  • - さんいんちほう - San-in region of western Honshu (inc. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures)
  • きがからず - やまたかきがゆえにたっとからず - never judge a book by its cover (lit: a mountain is not to be honoured just because it is high)
  • - さんようちほう - San-you region of western Honshu (inc. Okayama, Hiroshima, southern Yamaguchi and sometimes western Hyogo prefectures)
  • - ひょうざん - iceberg
  • - やまぶきそう - yamabukisou (chelidonium japonicum)/type of perennial poppy
  • - ひえいざん - Mt. Hiei (in Kyoto)
  • - やまさきは - Yamasaki Faction (of the LDP)
  • | | - ふじさん - Mt Fuji
  • - はかたぎおんやまかさ - festival held in July in Fukuoka City/Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival (often just called Yamakasa Festival)
  • - ふんかざん - volcano
  • - とやまけん - Toyama prefecture (Hokuriku area)
  • - ものみゆさん - going on a pleasure jaunt
  • - ぶんすいさんみゃく - watershed/divide
  • り | り - にんげんいたるところせいざんあり | じんかんいたるところせいざんあり - home is wherever one lays one's hat/you can make your living anywhere in this world
  • - へきざん - green mountains
  • - かたやま - highest part of the shoulder (of clothing)
  • - きたやま - northern hill
  • - なつやまふゆさと - pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter/rotated grazing
  • - ひょうざんのいっかく - the tip of an iceberg
  • - おりやま - pleat or fold peak
  • - うらやま - the hill back of one's home/hill back from the seashore
  • - ごさん - five most important temples of a region
  • - さんない - in the mountains/within the grounds of a temple
  • - かいさんどう - temple hall commemorating its founding or its founder
  • す - ひとやまこす - to go over the hump/to get successfully through the bulk of the work
  • - こせんすい - karesansui, traditional (Chinese or Japanese) dry landscape garden
  • ネジ | - ネジやま | ねじやま - screw thread/ridge
  • - こうざんろうどうしゃ - miner
  • - ござん - five important temples of a region
  • | | - だんじり - (in Kansai) decorative portable shrine/float used in festivals
  • - わかやまけん - Wakayama prefecture (Kinki area)
  • - きょうとござん - Kyoto Gozan/the five most important Rinzai temples of Kyoto, as well as Nanzen-ji
  • る | る - ふざける - to romp/to gambol/to frolic/to joke/to make fun of/to flirt
  • - いっさん | ひとやま - a mountain/a pile (of something)
  • - やまうずら | ヤマウズラ - partridge (of genus Perdix)
  • - さん - Mt (suffix used with the names of mountains)/Mount
  • - さんごう - honorific mountain name prefixed to a temple's name
  • - やまらっきょう - Japanese onion (edible plant, Allium thunbergii)
  • ロッキー - ロッキーさんみゃく - Rocky Mountains/the Rockies
  • | お - おやまのたいしょう - king of the castle/king of the mountain
  • - ふじさんちょう - the peak of Mt Fuji
  • - みやまがまずみ | ミヤマガマズミ - Wright viburnum/viburnum wrightii
  • - ひゃくめいざん - one hundred top mountains of Japan
  • | - ぶな | ブナ - beech/fagus crenata
  • - やまうるし | ヤマウルシ - Japanese sumac/rhus trichocarpa
  • - アメリカヤマボウシ | あめりかやまぼうし - benthamidia florida/flowering dogwood
  • - えぞやまざくら | エゾヤマザクラ - sargent cherry/prunus sargentii
  • - やまもも | ヤマモモ - asian bog myrtle/wax myrtle/myrica rubra
  • - やまぐわ | ヤマグワ - Chinese mulberry (Morus bombycis) | kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa)
  • - おひょう | オヒョウ - Manchurian elm (Ulmus laciniata)
  • | - やまぼうし | ヤマボウシ - kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa)/benthamidia japonica
  • らし - やまならし | ヤマナラシ - Japanese aspen/populus tremula var. sieboldii
  • 々 | - やまやま - very much/great deal | many mountains
  • - さんせき - lying in piles/form into piles/forming a (huge) pile
  • - なんもんさんせき - mountain (pile) of difficult problems
  • - ばつざんがいせい - great strength and energy (of a mighty hero)/Herculean strength and vitality
  • - やまわろ - one-eyed mountain spirit
  • - ふざんうんう - sexual liaison
  • - へいざん - end the climbing season/closure of a mountain to climbers | closing a mine/discontinuation of mining
  • - がいりんざん - outer rim of a crater
  • - さんようすいたい - scenic beauty of mountains and streams/fresh and clear beauty of nature's splendor
  • してねずみ | して | して - たいざんめいどうしてねずみいっぴき - much ado about nothing/The mountains have have brought forth a mouse (Aesop)
  • - やまおとこ - giant/woodsman/alpinist
  • - やまねこせんじゅつ - wildcat tactics
  • - こうざんちょう - alpine butterfly
  • - みやま | しんざん - mountain recess/deep in the mountains
  • - せんざんばんすい | せんさんばんすい - many mountains and rivers/a great distance to travel
  • し - やまごし - wind blowing down, coming over a mountain
  • しをする - やまごしをする - to cross a mountain
  • - こうざんりゅうすい - high mountains and running water/the beauty of nature | beautifully (skillfully) played music
  • - れんざん - mountain range | Lian Shan (Xia period method of Chinese divination)
  • - えんざん | とおやま - distant mountain
  • - さんぷう | やまかぜ - mountain wind
  • - そうほんざん - head temple of a sect | (organizational) headquarters/(organisational) headquarters
  • - さんか | やまが - mountain villa
  • - こうざん - rivers and mountains/landscape
  • - さんけい - mountain range/mountain system
  • - さんよう - south side of a mountain/Sanyo district
  • - やまざと - mountain hamlet (village)
  • - うんうふざん - sexual liaison
  • - おくやまほうじゅう - relocation of wild animals to a remote location
  • - さんや - hills and fields/countryside
  • - さんがくちょうじょう - mountains rising one above another
  • - しざんけつが - heaps of bodies and streams of blood/fierce battle
  • ミルク - やぎミルク | ヤギミルク - goat's milk
  • 西 - いりおもてやまねこ - Iriomote wildcat (Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis)
  • - やまて - hilly (residential) section of a city/uptown
  • | - たいざんめいどう - big fuss over nothing/much cry and little wool/much ado about nothing
  • - ゆさん - excursion/outing/picnic
  • - きんざん | かなやま - (gold) mine
  • - やまき | やまぎ | やまけ - speculative spirit
  • - かんたいへいようぞうざんたい - circum-Pacific orogeny
  • - かんたいへいようかざんたい - circum-Pacific volcanic belt/Ring of Fire
  • - たいざん - large mountain/Mt Taishan (China)
  • - やまば - climax/turning point
  • - やまげいこ - outdoor sumo practice (practise)
  • - さんせんばんり - being far away across mountains and rivers
  • - さんせんそうもく - nature/natural scenery
  • - かたやまざと - remote mountain village
  • - わさびでん - wetland wasabi terrace
  • | - かれさんすい - traditional (Chinese or Japanese) dry landscape garden
  • - たいざんほくと - a great authority
  • 禿 | 禿 - はげやま - bald or denuded mountain/bare hill/treeless hill
  • - はいざん - abandoned mine
  • - こざん - one's native place
  • - とざんたい - climbing expedition/mountaineering party
  • - いしやま - a stony mountain
  • - さとやま - undeveloped woodland near populated area | settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes
  • - とざんしゃ - mountain climber/mountaineer
  • - はやま - a foothill/end section of a mountain range
  • - とざんか - mountain climber/mountaineer
  • - ふうりんかざん - as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain
  • - かざんたい - volcanic zone or belt
  • - かざんれき - lapilli
  • - かざんみゃく - volcanic range or chain
  • - でいかざん - mud volcano
  • - ちさん - forest conservation/afforestation
  • - かざんとう - volcanic island
  • - かざんだん - volcanic projectiles
  • - とおやまざと - remote mountain village
  • - やけやま - burnt mountain/dormant volcano
  • - めいざん - famous mountain
  • - やまびと - mountain folk/hermit
  • - やまべ - mountain/vicinity of a mountain
  • - さんき - mountain air
  • - やまがた - mountain-shaped
  • - さんがくびょう - altitude sickness
  • - さんかい - mountains and seas
  • - やませ - cold wind descending from the mountains/(in the Tohoku region in summer) a cold Pacific wind
  • - さんよう - in the shape or form of a mountain
  • - やまぶどう - crimson glory vine (species of grapevine, Vitis Coignetiae)
  • - さんりょう - mountains and hills | imperial tomb
  • | - やまかがし | ヤマカガシ - tiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)/ringed grass snake
  • え - やまごえ - crossing a mountain
  • - さんかい - mountain mass
  • - やまじ | さんろ - mountain path
  • - やまぎわ - mountain ridge/near a mountain
  • - さんがく - mountains
  • - やまぎり - mountain fog
  • | - さんてん - mountaintop/summit
  • - やまいぬ - Japanese wolf (yamainu, jamainu) (Canis lupus hodophilax) | wild dog (mistranslated for golden jackal, Canis aureus ssp.)
  • - やぎひげ - goatee
  • - やまぶきいろ - bright golden yellow
  • 沿い - やまぞい - along a mountain
  • - やまつなみ - landslide
  • | | らし - やまあらし | ヤマアラシ - porcupine (any mammal of suborder Hystricomorpha)
  • - やまひめ - mountain goddess
  • - やまねこざ - (constellation) Lynx
  • | | - さんさい - mountain stronghold
  • - やまあらし - mountain storm
  • ほど | - やまほど - a heap/great amount of
  • き - やまびらき - start of the mountain-climbing season
  • - やますそ - foot or base of a mountain/foothills
  • - さんか - mountain nomads
  • み - やまづみ - huge mound/heap
  • - やまひだ - folds of a mountain
  • り - やまごもり - secluding oneself in the mountains/undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple (practises)
  • - せいざん - blue or green mountain | grave/burial place
  • - やまもと - owner of a mountain/a mine
  • い - やまづたい - (passing along) from mountain to mountain
  • - やまっけ - speculative spirit
  • - さんそん - mountain village
  • - やまぐに - mountainous country
  • - やまうば | やまんば - mountain witch
  • - さんざし | サンザシ - hawthorn/Crataegus cuneata/Crataegus apiifolia/may/quickthorn/whitethorn
  • - やまかん - guesswork/speculation
  • - さんしし - gardenia fruit
  • - やまどり - mountain bird
  • き - やまやき - burning a mountain (by design)
  • - やまおろし - wind blowing down from a mountain
  • - さんりょう - mountain ridge
  • - やまばと - turtledove
  • ぎ - やまかせぎ - making a living in the mountains
  • - さんれい - mountaintop
  • - やまくじら - wild boar
  • - もりだくさん - many, varied
  • - ていざんたい - mountainous zone
  • - かざんさいせつぶつ - volcaniclastic material/pyroclastic material
  • - かざんばくはつ - volcanic explosion
  • - すなやま | さやま - sand hill/dune
  • - やまのて - hilly (residential) section of a city/uptown
  • - やまもり - guardian of a mountain
  • - やまぶき - variety of yellow rose/Japanese rose/Japanese kerria/Japanese globeflower/Kerria japonica | gold coin
  • - さんが - mountains and rivers/natural surroundings
  • - さんもん - temple gate
  • り - やまがり - a mountain hunt
  • - やまたかぼうし - derby/bowler (hat)
  • け - やまかけ - foods topped with grated yam
  • り - やまもり - heap/pile/stack/full measure
  • け - わさびづけ - pickled Japanese horseradish
  • - やまばん - mountain guardian
  • | あい - やまあい - ravine/gorge
  • - やまふところ - heart of a mountain
  • り - やまなり - rumbling of a mountain
  • - さんれい - a mountain's guardian deity
  • - さんろく - foot or base of a mountain
  • - やまつつじ - variety of mountain plant belonging to the azalea family
  • - はりやま - pincushion
  • - みやまざくら - Miyama cherry (Prunus maximowiczii)/Korean cherry | mountain cherry tree
  • - せいそうかざん - stratovolcano/composite volcano
  • - かざんがんせん - volcanic spine
  • - かざんでいりゅう - volcanic mudflow
  • - しんざんゆうこく - deep mountain valleys
  • - れいざん - sacred mountain
  • - あんざんがん - andesite
  • - かいていかざん - submarine volcano
  • - よもやまばなし - talk about various topics
  • - しかざん - extinct volcano
  • - みやまがらす - mountain crow/eastern rook
  • - てつざん - iron mine
  • ベンガル - ベンガルやまねこ - leopard cat
  • リビア - リビアやまねこ | リビアヤマネコ - Libyan wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica)/African wildcat
  • - うみやま - sea and mountains
  • - かざんばいど - volcanic ash soil
  • - かざんぜんせん - volcanic front
  • - かざんらい - volcanic thunderstorm
  • - なつやまふゆさとほうしき - rotated grazing
  • ガス - かざんガス - volcanic gas
  • - かざんせいじしん - volcanic earthquake
  • - かざんふんしゅつぶつ - volcanic product
  • - おおやまねこ - lynx
  • - だいほんざん - head temple of a Buddhist sect
  • ともともらない - うみのものともやまのものともわからない - neither fish nor fowl/cannot be foreseen
  • | - たいさんぼく | タイサンボク - evergreen magnolia/Southern magnolia/Magnolia grandiflora
  • - おおさんしょううお | オオサンショウウオ - Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus)
  • - きせいかざん - parasite volcano
  • - あそさん | あそざん - mountain in Kumamoto Prefecture
  • カシミア - カシミアやぎ - Cashmere goat
  • コジアスコ - コジアスコさん - Mount Kosciusko
  • - うばすてやま - mountain where old women were abandoned
  • - たいざん - great mountain
  • ヨーロッパ - ヨーロッパやまねこ | ヨーロッパヤマネコ - European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris)
  • - あこうざんたい - subalpine zone
  • - とこやま - (actors' or sumo wrestlers') hairdresser
  • アパラチア - アパラチアさんみゃく - Appalachian mountains/Appalachians
  • - こうざんたい - alpine zone
  • - やまがら | ヤマガラ - varied tit (species of titmouse, Poecile varius)
  • - こうざんしょくぶつ - alpine plants
  • - ぞうざんうんどう - mountain-making movements
  • アンゴラ - アンゴラやぎ - Angora goat
  • - りょうざんぱく - place of assemblage for the bold and ambitious
  • - せきのやま - the most one can do/as much as one can/as hard as possible
  • - まんざん - the whole mountain/all the mountains
  • - さんぽう - mountain gun
  • - のやま - hills and fields/hill and dale
  • - こだくさん - many children/large family
  • - ふくしきかざん - composite volcano
  • - とざんでんしゃ - mountain railway
  • き - やまあるき - mountain-walking/hiking
  • - てんもくざん - line between victory and defeat
  • - りざん - isolated mountain/departure from a temple
  • - ほんざん - head temple/this temple
  • - とざんてつどう - mountain railway
  • - やまゆり - golden-rayed lily
  • - たてやま - mountain in Toyama Prefecture
  • - とざんどう - mountain trail/path up a mountain
  • - やせやま - barren mountain
  • - とざんぐつ - (mountain-)climbing boots
  • - ゆきやま - snowy mountains | piles of snow
  • - はくさん - mountain in Gifu Prefecture
  • - とめやま - mountain where logging is prohibited
  • てる - ひとやまあてる - to be right on target/to strike it rich
  • - やまがわ - mountain-side
  • - いおうやま - sulfur mine/sulphur mine
  • | あさま - あさまさんそうじけん - famous robbery and hostage-taking in 1972
  • - やまがわ - mountain rivers
  • - しゅみせん - Mt Sumeru (in Buddhism - said to be the highest mountain rising in the center of the world) (centre)
  • - おおあざかたやま - name of a town section
  • - さんじょうのすいくん - the Sermon on the Mount
  • - さんすいろう - Sansuiro (name of an exclusive restaurant)
  • - やまのせ - ridge (of a mountain)
  • す - やまをこす - to surmount a difficulty/to go across a mountain
  • した - さんすいをうつしたえ - picture representing a landscape
  • しい - けわしいやま - steep (craggy) mountain
  • る - さんさいをとる - to gather edible wild plants
  • - さんすいかく - Sansuikaku (restaurant name)
  • める - さんちょうをきわめる - to reach the summit
  • きをて - やまたかきをもって - because the mountain is high
  • - やまのき - mountain air
  • かる - やまみちにかかる - to come to a mountain path
  • - さんけい - mountain path
  • - さんすいそう - The Sansui Inn
  • - しんざん - taking up a new position as chief priest of a Buddhist temple
  • - とざんぐち - starting point of a mountain ascent/trailhead (leading up a mountain)
  • 沿いの - やまぞいのちほう - mountainous region
  • す - やまなす - a mountain of/mountainlike
  • - やまぼこ - festival float mounted with a decorative halberd
  • いた - ゆきをいただいたやま - snow-crowned mountain
  • - やまのは - edge (brow) of mountain
  • る - つるぎのやまをのぼる - to perform a hazardous deed
  • - ふざんぼう - name of a publisher
  • - とざんぼう - climber's hat