ザン
Meanings
Suffix
1. Mt.; Mount
2. temple
Pitch accent
⚠
ザ
ン
Used in vocabulary (48 in total)
volcano
isolated mountain; departure from a temple
great mountain; large mountain
five most important temples of a region
this mountain; this temple
low mountain
descending a mountain; descent
gold mine
famous mountain
another mountain; another temple
high mountain; alpine mountain
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
eastern mountains; mountains to the east
western mountains; mountains to the west
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
head temple; this temple
sacred mountain
mountain range; Lian Shan (Xia-period method of Chinese divination)
strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch
strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch
copper mine
holy mountain; sacred hill
silver mine
southern mountains; mountains to the south; Mount Kōya (esp. Kongōbu-ji)
rivers and mountains; landscape
the whole mountain
three mountains; three shrines (of Kumano); three kingdoms (of 14th and 15th-century Okinawa)
iron mine
the whole mountain; all the mountains
line between victory and defeat
mountain range; cluster of mountains; mountainous region
outer rim of a crater
one's native place
erupting volcano
foothills; first range of mountains
steep mountain; precipitous mountain
many mountains and rivers; a great distance to travel
abandoned mine
taking up a new position as chief priest of a Buddhist temple
Lushan Conference (1959 meeting of the Communist Party of China to discuss the Great Leap Forward)
Chisan sect (of Shingi Shingon Buddhism); Chizan sect
Longshan culture (China, 3000-1900 BCE); Lung-shan culture; Black Pottery culture
gen (hexagram 52 of the I Ching: mountain, keeping still)
jian (hexagram 53 of the I Ching: development)
xiao guo (hexagram 62 of the I Ching: preponderance of the small)
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