アルプス

noun

the Alps

Refers specifically to the European Alps. In Japanese it is used as a noun and place-name expression.

• 夏なつにスイス側がわのアルプスを旅りょ行こうした。

  I traveled through the Swiss side of the Alps in summer.

noun

high mountain range; Alps-like range

Used more generally, especially as part of proper names such as 日本アルプス, to mean a range of high mountains.

• 日本にほんアルプスには三さん千ぜんメートル級きゅうの山やまが多おおい。

  The Japan Alps have many mountains around three thousand meters high.