Japanese DictionaryDefinition of 山/meaning-of-息
- (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
- (n, ctr) mountain; hill
あの高い山は筑波山です。
That high mountain is Mt. Tsukuba. - mine (e.g. coal mine)
それはお金の山をかき集めるために用いられた。
It was used for raking together heaps of money. - heap; pile
- (n) crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire)
うまくあの先生のやまを当てたわね。
You've sure got the teacher's number. - climax; peak; critical point
- guess; speculation
- criminal case; crime
- festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd)
- (n-pref) wild
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) breath; breathing
おぼれかけた人は息を吹き返した。
The man who nearly drowned began to breathe. - tone; mood
彼らは息がぴたりと合っている。
They are a perfect match for each other.
- (n) son
母親は息子にやかましく言って聞かせた。
The mother whipped sense into her boy. - penis
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) Halla okadai (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- red mite (i.e. a chigger)
- (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
- (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
- (n) Gokturks; Sky Turks; Tujue; (powerful Turkic confederation from medieval Inner Asia)