山さんalso: ざんじ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1suffixMount; Mt.Suffix attached to mountain names. The reading may change to ざん due to rendaku.富ふ士じ山さんは日本にほんで一いち番ばん高たかい山やまです。Break this sentence down in the analyzerMt. Fuji is the tallest mountain in Japan.比ひ叡えい山ざんは京きょう都との北ほく東とうにあります。Break this sentence down in the analyzerMt. Hiei is located northeast of Kyoto.2suffixtempleUsed in the names of Buddhist temples, often as part of the temple's mountain name (山号).See also: 山号浅せん草そう寺じの山さん号ごうは金きん龍りゅう山ざんです。Break this sentence down in the analyzerThe mountain name of Senso-ji is Kinryu-zan.このお寺てらは○○山ざんと呼よばれています。Break this sentence down in the analyzerThis temple is called ○○-zan.See all 10 example sentences ›Expressions風ふう林りん火か山ざんswift as the wind, silent as a forest, fierce as fire, immovable as a mountain泰たい山ざん圧あつ卵らんoverwhelming power; effortless victory人にん間げん到いたる処ところ青せい山ざんありhome is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world葷くん酒しゅ山さん門もんに入いるを許ゆるさずno pungent vegetables or alcohol allowed inside the temple他山たざんの石以いしもって玉たまを攻おさむべしlearn from others' mistakes; use others' faults to improve oneself
