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Breakdown of yama
mountain
山
Usages of yama
山 です。yama desu.
It's a mountain.
あれ は 山 です。are wa yama desu.
That (over there) is a mountain.
日本 に 山 が あります。nihon ni yama ga arimasu.
There are mountains in Japan.
山 は 大きく ない です。yama wa ookiku nai desu.
The mountain is not big.
山下yamashita
Yamashitaname
お婆さん の 家 は 山 の 中 に ある。obaasan no ie wa yama no naka ni aru.
Grandmother's house is in the mountains.
山 を 登ったこと が ある。yama o nobottakoto ga aru.
I have climbed a mountain before.
週末 は また 山 に 来よう。shuumatsu wa mata yama ni koyou.
Let's come to the mountain again on the weekend.
朝日 の 光 が 山 に 差して います。asahi no hikari ga yama ni sashite imasu.
The light of the morning sun is shining on the mountain.
山 の 周り を ハイキング しました。yama no mawari o haikingu shimashita.
I went hiking around the mountain.
遠く に 山 が 見えます。tooku ni yama ga miemasu.
I can see mountains in the distance.
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