► 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:
- 山の上から見た景色 ⇨ The scenery seen from the top of the mountain
- 道には沢山の死体が転がっていた ⇨ There were many corpses lying around on the street
- 彼は写真家の役得でモデルと付き合う機会が沢山ある ⇨ He is a photographer and has many opportunities to date models as a job benefit
- 彼には熱烈なファンが沢山いる ⇨ He has many passionate, rabid, fans
- 山田工業と言う会社は聞いた事がない ⇨ I’ve never heard a company called Yamada Industry
- 年末は飲み会が沢山ある ⇨ There are a lot of drinking parties at the end of the year
- 今週は来客が沢山あった ⇨ I had a lot of guests this week
- 未だ沢山あるからそんなにがっつくな ⇨ There is a lot left, so don’t eat in such a hurry
- 彼等はワールドカップに出場してもグループ戦で敗退するのが関の山だろう ⇨ Even if they make World Cup, they will be eliminated at the group stage at best
- 私達の面前に富士山がそびえている ⇨ Mt Fuji is standing tall in front of us
- 日本語には沢山の謙遜の表現がある ⇨ Japanese language has many expressions for modesty
- 林檎には沢山の品種が有る ⇨ Apples have numerous cultivars, varieties
- ポンペイは火山灰に埋没した (かざんばい) ⇨ Pompeii was buried in volcanic ash
- 山の斜面から水が滲み出ている ⇨ Water is seeping out from the slope of the mountain
- 自然には未だ解明されていない事象は沢山ある ⇨ There are many phenomena in nature that are still unsolved, unexplained