山

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

child raised in the mountains

curved; forming the shape of an arch

mountain top; summit; peak

mountain river; mountain stream

Idiomatic expression

to have the end in sight; to see the mountains

mountains and rivers; natural surroundings

place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains

やまかげ only

mountain recess

valley; ravine; glen; gorge

mountain hunt

combing the mountains (for a criminal, etc.)

parade float; festival float

Yamaguchi Prefecture (Chūgoku area)

Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash

mountain-walking; hiking

Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax, extinct)

wild dog

Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

amber; bright golden yellow