大たい山ざん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

great mountain; large mountain

A learned or elevated noun for a very large, imposing mountain. In everyday speech, 大きな山 is usually more natural; 大山 often appears in literary phrasing, set expressions, or figurative comparisons.

目めの前まえに大たい山ざんがそびえていた。
A great mountain towered before us.
「大たい山ざん鳴めい動どうして鼠ねずみ一いっ匹ぴき」とは、大おお騒さわぎのわりに結けっ果かが小ちいさいことをいう。
The saying “a great mountain rumbles and only one mouse appears” means that a huge fuss produces only a tiny result.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に大たい山ざんがそびえるa great mountain rises/looms in a place
国こっ境きょうにはいくつもの大たい山ざんがそびえている。
Several great mountains loom along the border.
大たい山ざんを望のぞむto gaze upon/have a view of a great mountain
山さん頂ちょうからは遠とおくの大たい山ざんを望のぞむことができた。
From the summit, we could gaze upon a great mountain in the distance.

Kanji

大large, big
山mountain
泰peaceful, calm, peace
太plump, thick, big around
岱old name for a Chinese mountain, Taishan

Related words

山やまN5
山 is the plain, everyday word for a mountain, while 大山 is a loftier term reserved for an especially large or imposing peak.
高こう山ざん
高山 emphasizes a mountain's high elevation, whereas 大山 emphasizes its overall size and grandeur rather than height alone.
名めい山ざん
名山 refers to a mountain famous for its beauty or history, while 大山 simply describes a mountain's great size or imposing scale.

Opposites

小こ山やま
小山 is a small hill or hillock, the direct opposite in scale to the grand, towering 大山.

Word family

大たい山ざん鳴めい動どう
much ado about nothing; big fuss over nothing

Written forms

大たい山ざんUsage75%
High-priority spelling for this word. Be aware that 大山 is also often read differently in names and place names; this word is specifically たいざん.
泰たい山ざんUsage21%
Attested variant spelling; has a more classical or proper-name feel and may also be associated with Mount Tai in Chinese contexts.
太たい山ざんUsage4%
Rare attested variant spelling for the same reading and meaning.
岱たい山ざん
Rare attested variant spelling; likely to feel literary or name-like to many readers.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound. In the main spelling 大山, 大 means “large” and 山 means “mountain”; the other spellings are conventional variant kanji spellings for the same reading.