► 名詞
山 [(2)やま] meaning: a lot rank: 1
☆ ゴミの山 ⇨ A mountain, pile, of garbage
☆ 仕事が山になっている ⇨ I got a mountain, pile, of work
山 [(2)やま] meaning: mountain rank: 1
☆ 日本には山が多い ⇨ There are many mountains in Japan
山 [(2)やま] meaning: critical rank: 2
☆ 彼の病状はこの二三日が山だ ⇨ His (medical) condition will be decided in the next few days
山 [(2)やま] [山を越える] meaning: critical rank: 2
☆ 仕事は山を越えた ⇨ The work has gone over one mountain, critical point
山 [(2)やま] meaning: guess rank: 3
☆ 試験の山が当たった、外れた ⇨ I anticipated the exam questions correctly, incorrectly
山 [(2)やま] [山を張る] meaning: guess rank: 3
☆ 打者は内角に山を張った ⇨ The batter guessed that the next pitch would be inside
山 [(2)やま] [山を掛ける] meaning: guess rank: 3
☆ 山を掛けた所が試験に出た ⇨ The exam asked the questions I had guessed it would ask. I guessed right
More examples:
- 山陰随一の名湯 ⇨ The best hot spring resort in Sanyo region
- 山の半分が噴火で崩れた ⇨ The half of the mountain collapsed by the eruption
- 交渉は今日が山場だ ⇨ Today is the critical part of the negotiation
- 山火事は川を隔てた森にまで飛び火した ⇨ The wildfire spread to the forest across the river
- 世の中暇な人が沢山いるもんだ ⇨ I am amazed that there are many people with too much time on their hands in this world
- トラックをぐるぐる走るより山道を走るほうが楽しい ⇨ It is more fun to run mountain roads than go round and round on a track
- 山間部に住む人達 ⇨ People living in the middle of mountains
- 富士山の山頂 ⇨ The summit of Mount Fuji
- 新宿には沢山の百貨店がある ⇨ There are many department stores in Shinjuku
- 山盛りの御飯 ⇨ Rice piled high in a bowl
- 険しい山道 ⇨ Steep and rough mountain paths
- 山火事が激しく燃え盛っている ⇨ The wildfire is burning out of control
- 知っていたんじゃなくて、ただの山勘が当たっただけだ ⇨ I didn’t know, I just took a wild guess and it was right
- 蛇行した山道 ⇨ A winding mountain road
- 彼は登山をこよなく愛している ⇨ He deeply loves mountaineering