山やま井い

noun

mountain well

Archaic term for a well located in the mountains. Not used in contemporary Japanese outside of historical or literary contexts.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには「山やま井いの水みずは冷つめたく澄すんでいる」と記しるされている。

  An old document records that 'the water of the mountain well is cold and clear.'