Illustration: From a high observation terrace in central Japan, a child and grandfather look across a long succession of mountain peaks connected by winding ridges. The mountains stretch from one end of the distant landscape to the other, with valleys separating their lower slopes.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

山さん脈みゃく

sanmyaku

mountain range

Example sentences

  1. これはアルプス山脈さんみゃくの景色けしきです。

    This is a view of the Alps.

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  2. あの山脈さんみゃくの名前なまえは何なにと言いいますか。

    What’s the name of the mountain range?

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  3. 私わたしは山脈さんみゃくを見みた。

    I saw a chain of mountains.

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Kanji in 山脈

  • 山mountainOnサン・センKunやま
  • 脈vein; pulseOnミャクKunすじ

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