山

山	Meanings: mountain, mountains On Readings: サン san Kun Readings: やま yama Most Used Pronunciation: yama JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 山 Stroke Number: 3

Level 4 Completion 62 / 103

Common jukugo
火山 - か　ざん ka zan - volcano
山 - やま yama - mountain
山菜 - さん　さい san sai - edible wild plants
鉱山 - こう　ざん kou zan - mine

Useful Examples
Japanese: 遠くに山が見えた。
Romaji: tooku ni yama ga mieta.
English: We saw a mountain in the distance.

Japanese: この家の所有者は山田さんだ。
Romaji: kono ie no shoyuusha wa yamadasan da.
English: This house belong to Mr Yamada.

Japanese: 鉱山を所有している人から銀を買いました。
Romaji: kouzan o shoyuu shite iru hito kara gin o kaimashita.
English: I buy my silver from a man who has a mine on his property.

Look alike kanji

Notes/Mnemonic
Think of it as a range of 3 mountains, the tallest being in the center

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.