山やま手て

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

place near the mountains; mountain side

Refers to an area or direction close to mountains, often contrasted with 海手 (sea side). Used as a noun or with の to modify another noun.

See also: 海手

• この町まちの山やま手てには古ふるい神じん社じゃがある。

  There is an old shrine on the mountain side of this town.

• 山やま手ての地ち域いきは空くう気きがきれいだ。

  The area near the mountains has clean air.

noun

hilly section of a city; Yamate area

Specifically refers to the hilly, often upscale residential parts of a city, such as the Yamate district in Kōbe. Also written as 山の手 in this sense.

See also: 山の手

• 神こう戸べの山やま手てには異い人じん館かんがたくさんある。

  There are many Western-style houses in the Yamate area of Kōbe.

• 山やま手ての高こう級きゅう住じゅう宅たく街がいに住すんでいる。

  I live in an upscale residential area on the hill.