► 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:
- 映画の制作には沢山の裏方が関わっている ⇨ Movie making involves a lot of support staff
- 沢山の人達がピーチクパーチク話していてうるさい ⇨ Many people are yapping and it’s really noisy
- 登山に必要な装備 ⇨ The equipment necessary for mountain climbing
- 日本語には中国語起源の四字熟語が沢山ある ⇨ There are many Chinese-drived four character idioms in Japanese
- 山の空気は澄んでいる ⇨ The air in the mountains is clean, fresh
- 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
- 蛇行した山道 ⇨ A winding mountain road
- 火山から煙が吹き上がった ⇨ Smokes blew up from the volcano
- 事件の捜査には沢山の紆余曲折が有った ⇨ The investigation of the case has gone through a lot of turns and twists
- 彼は十才の時に入山した ⇨ He entered the temple (to be a monk) at age 10
- 山火事が激しく燃え盛っている ⇨ The wildfire is burning out of control
- 彼は修行を終えて下山した ⇨ He completed his buddhist training and left the temple (in the mountain)
- 教師が沢山の宿題を出した ⇨ The teacher gave a lot of homework
- 家の窓から山を望むことが出来る ⇨ I can see the mountain from my house window
- 彼は沢山の有名なボクサーを育てた ⇨ He has trained many famous boxers