山

iceberg

Yamanashi (city, prefecture)

Word usually written using kana alone

wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear

large crowd; mass of people

remote mountain; mountain recesses

Noun or verb acting prenominally

play; sport; romp; frolic; joke; prank

Adverb (fukushi); Kansai-ben

a lot; plenty; abundant; great many

exaggerated; grandiose

northern mountains; mountains to the north

wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish

Colloquial

horseradish (or any blend of wasabi and horseradish)

wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.)

wild cat; stray cat

Yamanashi Prefecture (Chūbu area)

やまのかみ only

mountain god

やまのかみ only; Jocular, humorous term

one's wife (esp. a nagging wife)

Word usually written using kana alone

roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)

hillside; mountainside

hilly section of a city (usu. upscale residential)

Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds)

place near the mountains

foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles

foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; foothills

one mountain

pile (of something); heap; lot (in sale)

hump; worst part

large profit; killing

needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog

sand hill; dune

artificial hill (in a garden)

big gamble; big plunge

Orig. meaning

big mountain

child raised in the mountains

curved; forming the shape of an arch

head temple

this temple