Meaning of 山/meaning-of-夷 in Japanese
Definition of 山/meaning-of-夷
- (n) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu)
- provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city)
- brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)
- foreigner; barbarian
- (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
- (n) Ebisu (god of fishing and commerce)
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(n, ctr) mountain; hill
あの高い山は筑波山です。
That high mountain is Mt. Tsukuba. -
mine (e.g. coal mine)
それはお金の山をかき集めるために用いられた。
It was used for raking together heaps of money. - heap; pile
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(n) crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire)
うまくあの先生のやまを当てたわね。
You've sure got the teacher's number. - climax; peak; critical point
- guess; speculation
- criminal case; crime
- festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd)
- (n-pref) wild
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) Halla okadai (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- red mite (i.e. a chigger)
- (suf) Mt (suffix used with the names of mountains); Mount
- (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
- (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
- (n) Gokturks; Sky Turks; Tujue; (powerful Turkic confederation from medieval Inner Asia)
- (n) mountain; hill
- (n) barbarian
