やま

See also: ヤマ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of やま – see the following entries.

【山】1 [noun] a mountain (large mass of earth and rock) or (large) hill [noun] a mine (excavation usually consisting of small tunnels) [noun] a heap, pile [noun] the top or high part of an object [noun] a climax, peak [noun] a chance, gamble [noun] a guess, speculation [noun] a crime, criminal case [noun] mountain climbing, mountaineering [noun] Short for 山鉾 (yamaboko): a festival float usually decorated with a 鉾 (hoko) [noun] (colloquial) Mount Hiei and/or Enryaku-ji [noun] (mahjong) a wall, wall tile [noun] (informal) the △ symbol as used to mark what needs to be reviewed in study [prefix] prefix for species that are wild or residing in mountains [counter] counter for number of stock rise and fall like a mountain (Can we verify(+) this sense?) [counter] counter for number of mountains, forests and/or mines [proper noun] a surname Alternative spelling ヤマ

【矢間】 [proper noun] a surname

【夜摩】 [proper noun] (Hinduism) Yama, the Hindu god of death [proper noun] (Buddhism) Short for 夜摩天 (Yamaten): Yama, the Buddhist ruler of 奈落 (Naraku, “Naraka, hell”)

(This term, やま, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as やま, see Category:Japanese kanji read as やま.)