How to say 'Mountain range' in Japanese | 山脈

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The Japanese word for Mountain range is 'Sanmyaku', written as 山脈 in Japanese.'Mountain range' in hiragana is さんみゃく.

word

山脈

Meaning

Mountain range

Reading

さんみゃく

sanmyaku

Kanji

山Mountain 脈Vein, Pulse

Explanation

The Japanese noun '山脈 (さんみゃく)' refers to a 'mountain range', which is a series of connected mountains. This term is used in geographical contexts to describe large landforms. For example: The Himalayas are a famous mountain range「ヒマラヤ山脈は有名な山脈です」(ヒマラヤさんみゃくはゆうめいなさんみゃくです). We crossed the mountain range by train「私たちは山脈を電車で越えました」(わたしたちはさんみゃくをでんしゃでこえました).

Part Of Speech

noun

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

4671

Composition

kanji

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 山脈

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

kanji

山

Meaning

Mountain

kanji

脈

Meaning

Vein, Pulse

Words Related to 山脈 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

登山

Meaning

Mountain climbing

word

山登り

Meaning

Mountain climbing

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'Sanmyaku' means 'Mountain range' .

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