山

agricultural, mountain and fishing villages; rural districts

mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend)

position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred

Obsolete term; Slang; Derogatory; Used in the Meiji and Taisho periods

women's college

outdoor clothing fashion style for young women; young woman who dresses in outdoor clothing; young woman who enjoys mountain climbing

Proverb

half a loaf is better than none; even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain

summit of Mt. Fuji; peak of Mt. Fuji

in being immobile be like a mountain (from Sun Tzu); being imperturbable; immobile like a mountain (from laziness, etc.)

pickled Japanese horseradish; wasabi cut up and mixed with sake lees

Idiomatic expression

much ado about nothing; great cry and little wool; the mountain laboured and brought forth a mouse

real wasabi (as opposed to Western horseradish)

three main Kumano shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)

miner; mine worker

Appalachian mountains; Appalachians

soy sauce flavoured with grated wasabi (used for sashimi, etc.)

big fuss over nothing; much cry and little wool; much ado about nothing

deity enshrined at Hie Shrine (in Shiga and Tokyo)

volcanic tremor

wind blowing down from a mountain

Organization name

Aoyama Gakuin University

Idiomatic expression

to speculate; to make an educated guess; to gamble (e.g. on getting the right questions)

mountain of death; steep mountain which the dead must cross to reach the afterlife

volcanic explosion

Proverb; From a poem by Du Fu

the land outlasts the king; a country may fall but its mountains and rivers remain

Amur leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus); Tsushima leopard cat

Kyoto Gozan; the five most important Rinzai temples of Kyoto