[ちゅうぶ, chuubu] (n) (1) center; centre; middle; heart; (2) (abbr) (See 中部地方) Chubu region (inc. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures); (P) #2454
[こやま, koyama] (n) hill; knoll; (P) #3853
[きんせい, kinsei] (n, adj-no) early modern times (Azuchi-Momoyama period to Edo period, 1568-1867); modern times; recent times; (P) #5193
[えんざん(P);とおやま, enzan (P); tooyama] (n) distant mountain; (P) #7491
[たてやま, tateyama] (n) mountain in Toyama Prefecture #11075
[とやま, toyama] (n) nearby mountain; mountain near a human settlement #11835
[のやま, noyama] (n) hills and fields; hill and dale; (P) #13541
[さとやま, satoyama] (n) (1) undeveloped woodland near populated area; (2) settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes #17667
[oyamaa ; aremaa] (exp) Good heavens!; Oh my god!; gee whiz
[おわらかぜのぼん, owarakazenobon] (n) Owara-Kaze-no-Bon Festival (Toyama)
[おやま;みやま(御山)(ok), oyama ; miyama ( o yama )(ok)] (n) (hon) (pol) (fam) (See 山・やま・1) mountain
[おやまのたいしょう, oyamanotaishou] (n) king of the castle; king of the mountain
[ヨーロッパおおやまねこ;ヨーロッパオオヤマネコ, yo-roppa ooyamaneko ; yo-roppaooyamaneko] (n) (uk) Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)
[あづちじだい, aduchijidai] (n) (See 安土桃山時代) Azuchi period (first half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, 1568-1582 CE)
[あづちももやまじだい, aduchimomoyamajidai] (n) Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600 CE)
[いっさん;ひとやま, issan ; hitoyama] (n) a mountain; a pile (of something)
[ひとやまこす, hitoyamakosu] (exp, v5s) to go over the hump; to get successfully through the bulk of the work
[ひとやまあてる, hitoyamaateru] (exp, v1) to be right on target; to strike it rich
[とおやまざと, tooyamazato] (n) remote mountain village
[よこやましんとう, yokoyamashintou] (n) Yokoyama Shinto (Edo-period Shinto sect promoted by Masae Yokoyama)
[えぞやまざくら;エゾヤマザクラ, ezoyamazakura ; ezoyamazakura] (n) (uk) sargent cherry (Prunus sargentii)
[うみのものともやまのものともわからない, uminomonotomoyamanomonotomowakaranai] (exp) neither fish nor fowl; cannot be foreseen
[らくいちらくざ, rakuichirakuza] (n) free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)
[ほしくさのやま, hoshikusanoyama] (exp, n) haystack
[せきのやま, sekinoyama] (exp, n) the most one can do; as much as one can; as hard as possible
[きのやまい, kinoyamai] (n) nervous breakdown; neurosis; sickness from anxiety
[つるぎのやま, tsuruginoyama] (n) mountain (in hell) covered in swords, which are buried so their tips point upward
[こびぜん, kobizen] (n) (1) Bizen sword (mid-Heian to early Kamakura periods); (2) (See 備前焼) ancient Bizen ware (Kamakura to early Momoyama periods)
[かれきもやまのにぎわい, karekimoyamanonigiwai] (exp) (similar to the saying) half a loaf is better than none (lit
[あとやま, atoyama] (n) (See 先山) pusher (in a mine)
[おやますずめ;オヤマスズメ, oyamasuzume ; oyamasuzume] (n) (uk) (obsc) (See 岩雲雀) alpine accentor (Prunella collaris)
[くろやま, kuroyama] (n) large crowd; mass of people
[くろやまあり;クロヤマアリ, kuroyamaari ; kuroyamaari] (n) (uk) Japanese wood ant (Formica japonica)
[やまのて, yamanote] (n) (1) (See 下町, 山手・やまて) hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, inc. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); (2) (See 山手・やまて・1) place near the mountains
[よもやまばなし, yomoyamabanashi] (n) talk about various topics
[てらいり, terairi] (n) (1) (See 寺子屋) to enrol in a temple school; child enrolled in a temple school; (2) incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods); (3) to go to a temple and repent (following a disaster, etc.)
[てらあずけ, teraazuke] (n) (obsc) (See 寺入り) incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods)
[はるのやま, harunoyama] (exp, n) misty mountain with blossoming buds and flowers as it appears in spring
[おやま(女形)(gikun)(P);おんながた, oyama ( oyama )(gikun)(P); onnagata] (n) male actor in female kabuki roles; (P)
[とこやま, tokoyama] (n) (actors' or sumo wrestlers') hairdresser
[しょくほうじだい, shokuhoujidai] (n) (See 安土桃山時代) Shokuho period (i.e. the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1568-1600 CE)
[おやまさり, oyamasari] (adj-na, n) surpassing one's parents
[はりのやま, harinoyama] (n) { Buddh } hell's mountain of needles
[ひとやま, hitoyama] (n) crowd of people
[おおやまねこ, ooyamaneko] (n) lynx
[ちゅうぶちほう, chuubuchihou] (n) Chubu region (inc. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
[いたいいたいびょう(痛い痛い病);イタイイタイびょう(イタイイタイ病), itaiitaibyou ( itai itai byou ); itaiitai byou ( itaiitai byou )] (n) "ouch-ouch disease", caused by cadmium poisoning from industrial wastes in Toyama Prefecture
[ももやまじだい, momoyamajidai] (n) (See 安土桃山時代) Momoyama period (latter half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1583-1600 CE)
[ふじのやまい;ふちのやまい, fujinoyamai ; fuchinoyamai] (n) incurable illness
[とやまけん, toyamaken] (n) Toyama prefecture (Hokuriku area)