やま

See also: ヤマ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of やま – see the following entries.

【山】1

[noun] a mine (excavation usually consisting of small tunnels)

[noun] a heap, pile

[noun] the top or high part of an object

[noun] a climax, peak

[noun] Short for 山鉾 (yamaboko): a festival float usually decorated with a 鉾 (hoko)

[noun] (mahjong) a wall, wall tile

[noun] (informal) the △ symbol as used to mark what needs to be reviewed in study

[prefix] prefix for species that are wild or residing in mountains

[counter] counter for number of stock rise and fall like a mountain (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

[counter] counter for number of mountains, forests and/or mines

[proper noun] a surname

Alternative spelling
ヤマ

【矢間】	[proper noun] a surname

【夜摩】	[proper noun] (Hinduism) Yama, the Hindu god of death [proper noun] (Buddhism) Short for 夜摩天 (Yamaten): Yama, the Buddhist ruler of 奈落 (Naraku, “Naraka, hell”)

(This term, やま (yama), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as やま, see Category:Japanese kanji read as やま.)