► 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:
- 何時間も歩いた後、私達は誰もいない山小屋に辿り着いた ⇨ After many hours of walk, we arrived at a deserted hut
- 道には沢山の死体が転がっていた ⇨ There were many corpses lying around on the street
- 山火事の消火活動を救援するために全国から消防士が集まった ⇨ Firefighters from all over the country gathered to help fighting the wildfire
- 寒かったので沢山着込んだ ⇨ I wore many layers because it was cold
- ヒマラヤには世界最高峰の山が連なる ⇨ The world tallest mountains line up in the Himalayas
- 山の上から見た景色 ⇨ The scenery seen from the top of the mountain
- 山菜料理 ⇨ Mountain plant dishes
- 富士山の頂 ⇨ The summit of Mount Fuji
- 問題が山積みだ ⇨ Problems are piling up
- 山田家の一日 ⇨ A typical day of Yamada family, household
- 地球の表面には岩、土、火山灰等が重なっている ⇨ Rocks, clay, volcano ashes and etc. are layered on the surface of Earth
- それは氷山の一角に過ぎない (いっかく) ⇨ That’s just the tip of an iceberg
- 彼は株で一山当てた ⇨ He made some money with stocks
- 街は沢山の着物姿の若い女性達で華やいだ ⇨ The town felt glamorous with many young women in kimonos
- 日本語では目上の人には使えない表現が沢山ある ⇨ In Japanese there are many expressions you can’t use toward your seniors