やまやま

Japanese

Alternative spelling
山々

Pronunciation 1

  • (Tokyo) やま [yàmáꜜyàmà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠ma̠ja̠ma̠]

Noun

やまやま • (yamayama

  1. multiple mountains

Pronunciation 2

  • (Tokyo) まやま [yàmáyámá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠ma̠ja̠ma̠]

Adverb

やまやま • (yamayama

  1. being an unachievable desire
  2. being numerous

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN