山やま彦びこ

noun

echo (in the mountains)

Specifically refers to an echo reverberating among mountains. In everyday contexts, こだま or エコー are more common for echoes in general.

• 谷たにに向むかって叫さけぶと、山やま彦びこが返かえってきた。

  When I shouted toward the valley, an echo came back.

noun

mountain god; mountain guardian deity

A deity or spirit believed to dwell in mountains and cause echoes. This sense is mythological and rarely used in modern conversation outside folklore contexts.

• 昔むかし話ばなしでは、山やま彦びこは山やまの神かみとして描えがかれることがある。

  In old tales, yamabiko is sometimes depicted as a mountain deity.