山やま人びと

noun

mountain folk; hermit

Refers to people who live in the mountains, often with a nuance of being removed from ordinary society; can also imply a recluse or hermit-like figure.

• 昔むかし、この山やまには山やま人びとが住すんでいたという。

  They say that mountain folk once lived in these mountains.

• 彼かれは都と会かいを離はなれ、山やま人びとのような暮くらしを始はじめた。

  He left the city and began living like a mountain hermit.

noun

mountain wizard

Only with reading やまびと

Specifically read やまびと; a legendary or mystical figure living in the mountains, akin to a 仙人 (immortal sage).

See also: 仙人

• その昔むかし話ばなしには、不ふ思し議ぎな力ちからを持もつ山やま人びとが登とう場じょうする。

  In that old tale, a mountain wizard with mysterious powers appears.

noun

pseudonym element (artist/writer)

Only with reading さんじん

Read さんじん; used as part of a pen name or artistic pseudonym, often evoking a mountain-dwelling hermit image.

• 彼かれは「〇〇山人まるまるさんじん」という号ごうで作さく品ひんを発はっ表ぴょうしている。

  He publishes his works under the pseudonym '〇〇 Sanjin'.