How to say 'Mountain climbing' in Japanese | 登山

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The Japanese word for Mountain climbing is 'Tozan', written as 登山 in Japanese.'Mountain climbing' in hiragana is とざん.

word

登山

Meaning

Mountain climbing

Reading

とざん

tozan

Kanji

登Ascend 山Mountain

Explanation

The Japanese verbal noun '登山 (とざん)' refers to the activity of climbing mountains. It is commonly used to describe the act of hiking or climbing mountains as a recreational or sporting activity. For example: I enjoy mountain climbing「私は登山が好きです」(わたしはとざんがすきです). They went mountain climbing last weekend「彼らは先週末に登山に行きました」(かれらはせんしゅうまつにとざんにいきました). The term can also be used in a broader sense to refer to the act of ascending any steep or elevated terrain, not just mountains.

Part Of Speech

verbal noun

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

6483

Composition

kanji

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 登山

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

kanji

登

Meaning

Ascend

kanji

山

Meaning

Mountain

Words Related to 登山 Through the Kanji 登

These 6 Words contain the Kanji 登 as well.

word

登る

Meaning

Climb

word

登記

Meaning

Registration

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登場

Meaning

Appearance

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登録

Meaning

Registration

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登校

Meaning

School attendance

word

山登り

Meaning

Mountain climbing

Words Related to 登山 Through the Kanji 山

These 5 Words contain the Kanji 山 as well.

word

山

Meaning

Mountain

word

沢山

Meaning

Many

word

火山

Meaning

Volcano

word

山脈

Meaning

Mountain range

word

山登り

Meaning

Mountain climbing

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