富ふ士じ山さん

also: ふじやま

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

noun

Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji

Japan's highest mountain and a UNESCO World Heritage site. The reading ふじさん is standard; ふじやま is also used, especially in traditional or poetic contexts.

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。
Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan.
夏なつには多おおくの人ひとが富ふ士じ山さんに登のぼります。
Many people climb Mount Fuji in the summer.

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Usage patterns

富ふ士じ山さんに登のぼるto climb Mount Fuji
夏なつに友とも達だちと富ふ士じ山さんに登のぼった。
I climbed Mount Fuji with a friend in summer.
富ふ士じ山さんが見みえるMount Fuji is visible (from a place)
この部屋へやからは富ふ士じ山さんがよく見みえる。
You can see Mount Fuji clearly from this room.

Kanji

富wealth, enrich, abundant
士gentleman, scholar, samurai
山mountain
不negative, non-, bad
二two, two radical (no. 7)
尽exhaust, use up, run out of

Related words

富ふ士じ
富士山 is the full, standard name for Mount Fuji, while 富士 is a shorter form used in compounds or poetic/literary contexts.

Built from

富ふ士じ+山さん

Written forms

富士山
- ふじさん
  Standard kanji spelling; the most common and recognized form.
- ふじやま
  Alternate reading, often used in poetry, songs, or traditional contexts. Less common in everyday speech.
不二山
rarely-used kanji form
- ふじさん
  Rarely used kanji form; literally 'unrivaled mountain', a poetic name.
- ふじやま
不尽山
rarely-used kanji form
- ふじさん
  Rarely used kanji form; literally 'inexhaustible mountain', a poetic name.
- ふじやま
ふじやま

Etymology

The name 富士 (Fuji) is of uncertain origin; theories include derivation from an Ainu word for 'fire' or from an old Japanese word meaning 'immortal'. The suffix 山 (san/yama) means 'mountain'.