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Fuji

Fuji

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A tall, snow-capped volcano in Japan and the country's highest mountain that climbers and pilgrims visit
  • proper noun
  • /ˈfuːdʒi/
: Monte Fuji
  • Look, Mount Fuji!
  • Mount Fuji
  • Mt. Fuji

Speed boat, Mount Fuji, snow capped mountain.

Examples

  • I've borrowed a book on Mt. Fuji from the Main Street Library.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • A postcard of Mt. Fuji arrives in the mail.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • If you look down from Mount Fuji, the forest looks like an ocean.

  • With heavy rain continuing to fall here at Fuji, a decision has finally been made.

  • Yeah, near the foot of Mount Fuji.

  • The summit of Mount Fuji is also very precise.

  • The snow has fallen on Fuji's lofty peak.

  • I glance down at Mt. Fuji when I'm washing up and I feel my grief in my chest.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Tourists flock to see the breathtaking view of Fuji during sunrise.

  • In winter, Fuji is often covered with a pristine blanket of snow.

Synonyms

Mount Fuji
vsFuji
2 2.2

A sleeping volcano in central Honshu, Japan, that is the country's highest peak

is described as extinct rather than dormant and focuses on sacredness and climbing
Fujiyama
vsFuji
  • Archaic
1 7.4

A tall mountain in Japan with a snow covered peak that is the country's highest and considered sacred

is seen more broadly as a place for climbers as well as pilgrims
Fuji-san
vsFuji
1 7.3

An extinct volcano in central Honshu that is Japan's highest mountain with a snow covered cone important in Japanese culture

is used more as a sacred destination for both climbers and pilgrims

Compounds

2 2.2

A sleeping volcano in central Honshu, Japan, that is the country's highest peak

A small Japanese tree that has pale pink flowers and is grown in gardens

Surface Forms

Fuji main

Etymology

Fuji may come from the Japanese word fuji meaning 'wisteria' or from an old Ainu word fuchi meaning 'woman' or 'goddess'. That image of a flower or a goddess helps explain why Mount Fuji is seen as beautiful and sacred.