山

ending the climbing season; closure of a mountain to climbers

closing a mine; discontinuation of mining

summery mountain

mountain that is often climbed in summer

volcanic eruption

Buddhism

Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)

mountaineering boots; climbing boots

hiking boots; trekking boots

Andes; Andes Mountains

one's native place

Rocky Mountains; the Rockies

line between victory and defeat

extinct volcano

haystack; hay bale

volcanic earthquake

outer rim of a crater

skilled miner; coal-cutter

mountain railway

mountain range; cluster of mountains; mountainous region

Idiomatic expression

lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems)

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

crowd of people

erupting volcano

From a list compiled by mountaineer Kyūya Fukada

one hundred famous mountains (of Japan)

foothills; first range of mountains

Proverb

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