► 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:
- この街には浮浪者が沢山いる ⇨ There are many homeless in this town
- 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
- 険しい山道 ⇨ Steep and rough mountain paths
- 彼には熱烈なファンが沢山いる ⇨ He has many passionate, rabid, fans
- 沢山のスター歌手達が舞台を飾った ⇨ Many star singers appeared on the stage
- 火山から煙が吹き上がった ⇨ Smokes blew up from the volcano
- 山頂に雲が掛かっている ⇨ Clouds are covering the top of the mountain
- シエラネバダ山脈はカリフォルニアを縦断する ⇨ Sierra Nevada runs north-south through California
- 山火事を起こしかねないので花火は禁止されている ⇨ Fireworks are banned because they can cause wildfire
- ネジ山が潰れて締まらなくなった ⇨ The screw threads got stripped and won’t tighten
- 今週は来客が沢山あった ⇨ I had a lot of guests this week
- 世界には沢山の言葉がある ⇨ There are many languages in the world
- 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
- 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
- 山盛りの御飯 ⇨ Rice piled high in a bowl