山さん陽よう

noun

south side of a mountain; Sanyo district

The literal meaning is 'south side of a mountain', but in modern usage it almost always refers to the Sanyo region of Japan (southern Honshu along the Seto Inland Sea). The literal sense is rare outside of classical or poetic contexts.

• 山さん陽よう地ち方ほうは瀬せ戸と内ない海かいに面めんしている。

  The Sanyo region faces the Seto Inland Sea.

• 山さん陽よう新しん幹かん線せんで広ひろ島しままで行いった。

  I went to Hiroshima on the Sanyo Shinkansen.