fuji-san

fuji-san — 名詞

1. the Japanese name for Mount Fuji, a tall volcano on Honshu island that is the hi

1.名詞B2
釋義

富士山

日本本州島上的最高山，也是著名的火山

the Japanese name for Mount Fuji, a tall volcano on Honshu island that is the highest peak in Japan at about 3,776 metres (12,388 feet)

例句

On a clear winter morning, Talia could see Fuji-san from her hotel window in Tokyo.

在一個晴朗的冬日早晨，Talia 從東京飯店的窗戶就能看見富士山。

no article before Fuji-san; verb of perception

Padma and her father climbed Fuji-san during the short summer hiking season.

Padma 和她父親在短暫的夏季登山季節攀登了富士山。

collocation: climb Fuji-san

同義詞
  • Mount Fuji

    the standard English form; more common in newspapers and guidebooks

  • Fujisan

    alternative one-word romanization, often seen on Japanese signs and maps

  • Fujiyama

    older Western reading of the same characters; now mostly outdated and rarely used in Japan

文法句型

climb / see / paint Fuji-san

the slopes of Fuji-san

用法筆記

Used in English with no article (climb Fuji-san, see Fuji-san), unlike the English form which usually takes 'Mount' (Mount Fuji). The suffix -san here is an honorific used for tall mountains in Japanese (literally 'mountain'), not the social honorific attached to people's names.

常見錯誤

❌We climbed the Fuji-san last August.
✅We climbed Fuji-san last August.
💡Do not put 'the' in front of Fuji-san; it is treated like a personal place name.
❌Fuji-san is the highest mountain on Earth.
✅Fuji-san is the highest mountain in Japan.
💡Fuji-san is the tallest only within Japan, not worldwide.