休きゅう火か山ざん

noun

dormant volcano

A volcano that is not currently erupting but is expected to erupt again in the future. In modern volcanology, the term is sometimes replaced by more precise classifications, but it remains in common use.

• 富ふ士じ山さんは休きゅう火か山ざんに分ぶん類るいされることもある。

  Mount Fuji is sometimes classified as a dormant volcano.