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Fujiyama

Fujiyama

1 7.4
A tall mountain in Japan with a snow covered peak that is the country's highest and considered sacred
  • proper noun
  • /fuːdʒiˈjɑːmə/
  • Archaic
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  • Then the railroad again... a broad, yellow moon shining on the ever-present Fujiyama... regretful farewells to the charming Americans and Lieutenant McDonald, and then the visit to fairyland is over.

Examples

  • Tokai, Fujiyama.

    Godzilla (2014)

  • Fujiyama ahead.

    Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

  • We have one more glimpse of Fujiyama the next morning as Japan sinks out of sight.

    Blog text (22)

  • Fujiyama son.

    Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance (2015)

  • Fujiyama?

    Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

  • Fujiyama.

    Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)

  • Fujiyama... the divine mountain!

    Blog text (22)

  • We race across the city again in our rikishas to the great park of Ueno, to see the sun go down behind Fujiyama... to look out across the city's vast hive with its million or more folk whose myriad lights begin to twinkle in the violet dusk...

    Blog text (22)

  • Many tourists come to Japan to admire the view of Fujiyama and its beautiful snow-capped peak.

  • As we hiked up, the majestic Fujiyama loomed above us, its symmetrical shape captivating every climber.

Synonyms

Fuji
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16 4.9

A tall, snow-capped volcano in Japan and the country's highest mountain that climbers and pilgrims visit

focuses more on sacred status and frequent pilgrimage visits
Fuji-san
vsFujiyama
7.3

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

is seen as sacred and visited often by pilgrims
Mount Fuji
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2.2

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

is extinct rather than dormant and noted for pilgrimages

Surface Forms

Fujiyama main

Etymology

Fujiyama is the name Fuji plus the Japanese word yama, which means 'mountain'. So it literally says 'Mount Fuji', which is why the name refers to Japan's highest, sacred, snow-capped peak that many people visit.