► 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:
- 彼等は盗んだ金を山分け(に)した ⇨ They divided the stole money evenly
- 彼は山登りに手ぶらで来た ⇨ He came to the mountain hike empty handed, without any essentials
- 人為的な原因で起こった山火事 ⇨ A wildfire caused by human activities
- 綺麗な芝生を育てるには沢山の手間が掛かる ⇨ It takes a lot of work to grow beautiful lawn
- 山脈は南北に走っている ⇨ The mountain range runs north and south
- 彼は登山するのが趣味だ ⇨ His hobby is mountain climbing
- 彼は山奥で仙人みたいに暮らしている ⇨ He’s living like a hermit in the middle of mountains
- 富士山は標高3776メートルだ ⇨ The elevation of Mt Fuji is 3776 meters
- 戦争直後街には沢山の孤児がいた ⇨ There were many orphans on the streets right after the war
- 柿一山五百円 ⇨ One stack of persimmons. ¥500
- 彼等は消防隊員を総動員して山火事の消火に当たった ⇨ They mobilized all the firefighters to fight the wild fire
- 彼女は最近沢山の宣伝に出ている ⇨ She appears in many ads lately
- その山は神が宿るとして崇められてきた ⇨ The mountain has been worshiped as the place where God lives
- 山田さん、しばらくですね ⇨ Mr. Yamada, it’s been a while since the last time we met
- 駅の周りには乞食が沢山いる ⇨ There are many panhandlers around the station