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山体 (さんたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

山さん体たい

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Meanings

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noun

mountain shape; mountain form

Technical term used in geography, geology, and related fields to refer to the overall shape or form of a mountain.

この地ち域いきの山さん体たいは、侵しん食しょくによって特とく徴ちょう的てきな形かたちをしている。
The mountain shape in this region has a distinctive form due to erosion.

Kanji

山mountain
体body, substance, object

Similar words

山さん容よう
山容 also means 'mountain shape' but is more literary and often used in poetic or descriptive contexts, while 山体 is a technical term.
地ち形けい
地形 is a broader term for 'terrain' or 'landform', not limited to mountains.

Etymology

Compound of 山 (mountain) and 体 (body, form). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is used as a technical term in modern Japanese.