雪山(ゆきやま)

ゆきやま
noun
snowy mountain; snow-covered mountain
1. snowy mountain; snow-covered mountain
A mountain covered with snow; also a large heaped pile of snow, such as one left after clearing it. Read ゆきやま in everyday use; せつざん is used in mountaineering.
雪山(ゆきやま)に登(のぼ)る。
to climb a snowy mountain.
冬(ふゆ)の雪山(ゆきやま)は美(うつく)しいが危険(きけん)だ。
Snowy mountains in winter are beautiful but dangerous.
子(こ)どもたちは、除雪(じょせつ)でできた雪山(ゆきやま)の上(うえ)で遊(あそ)んでいる。
The children are playing on top of the snow pile left by the snow clearing.

Combines 雪(ゆき) (snow) + 山(やま) (mountain). A snow-covered mountain, or a heaped pile of snow. In mountaineering it may be read せつざん.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 雪山(ゆきやま)に登(のぼ)る: to climb a snowy mountain
  • 雪山(ゆきやま)登山(とざん): snow-mountain climbing
  • 雪山(ゆきやま)遭難(そうなん): getting stranded on a snowy mountain

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 雪原(せつげん): snowfield — a wide expanse of flat, snow-covered land
  • 雪景色(ゆきげしき): snowy scenery — the view of a snow-covered landscape
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