noun
green mountains
Literary or poetic term for mountains covered in lush greenery, often used in classical Chinese poetry and Japanese literary contexts.
碧山は春の訪れを感じさせる。
The green mountains make one feel the arrival of spring.
Also means 'green mountains' but is more common and less poetic; 碧山 emphasizes the deep blue-green hue.
Sino-Japanese compound of 碧 (heki, 'blue-green') and 山 (zan, 'mountain'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'green mountains'.