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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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