やま

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of やま – see the following entries.
【山】1
a mountain (large mass of earth and rock) or (large) hill
a mine (excavation usually consisting of small tunnels)
a heap, pile
the top or high part of an object
a climax, peak
a chance, gamble
a guess, speculation
a crime, criminal case
mountain climbing, mountaineering
Short for 山鉾 (yamaboko): a festival float usually decorated with a 鉾 (hoko)
(colloquial) Mount Hiei and/or Enryaku-ji
(mahjong) a wall, wall tile
(informal) the △ symbol as used to mark what needs to be reviewed in study
prefix for species that are wild or residing in mountains
counter for number of stock rise and fall like a mountain (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
counter for number of mountains, forests and/or mines
a surname
Alternative spelling
ヤマ
【矢間】
a surname
【夜摩】
(Hinduism) Yama, the Hindu god of death
(Buddhism) Short for 夜摩天 (Yamaten): Yama, the Buddhist ruler of 奈落 (Naraku, “Naraka, hell”)
(This term, やま (yama), 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.)
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