やま

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Japanese

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For pronunciation and definitions of やま – see the following entries.
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[noun] a mountain (large mass of earth and rock) or (large) hill
[noun] a mine (excavation usually consisting of small tunnels)
[noun] a heap, pile
[noun] the top or high part of an object
[noun] a climax, peak
[noun] a chance, gamble
[noun] a guess, speculation
[noun] a crime, criminal case
[noun] mountain climbing, mountaineering
[noun] Short for 山鉾 (yamaboko): a festival float usually decorated with a (hoko)
[noun] (colloquial) Mount Hiei and/or Enryaku-ji
[noun] (mahjong) a wall, wall tile
[noun] (informal) the symbol as used to mark what needs to be reviewed in study
[prefix] prefix for species that are wild or residing in mountains
[counter] counter for number of stock rise and fall like a mountain (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
[counter] counter for number of mountains, forests and/or mines
[proper noun] a surname
Alternative spelling
ヤマ
矢間
[proper noun] a surname
夜摩
[proper noun] (Hinduism) Yama, the Hindu god of death
[proper noun] (Buddhism) Short for 夜摩天 (Yamaten): Yama, the Buddhist ruler of 奈落 (Naraku, Naraka, hell)
(This term, やま (yama), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as やま, see Category:Japanese kanji read as やま.)