Word Meaning 姥捨て山

うばすてやま ubasuteyama

姥捨て山 is read as うばすてやま (ubasuteyama) and means mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend).

Meaning

English

  1. mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend)
  2. position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred
  3. women's college

Reading

Kana

うばすてやま

Romaji

ubasuteyama

Writing Variants

  • 姥捨て山 おばすてやま obasuteyama
  • 姥捨山 うばすてやま ubasuteyama
  • 姥捨山 おばすてやま obasuteyama
  • 姨捨山 うばすてやま ubasuteyama
  • 姨捨山 おばすてやま obasuteyama

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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姥捨て

うばすて

practice of abandoning old people, usu. women

捨て山

すてやま

discard pile

山姥

やまうば

mountain witch

富士山

ふじさん

Mount Fuji

青山

せいざん

grave

登山

とざん

mountain climbing

やま

festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd)

火山

かざん

volcano

鉱山

こうざん

mine (ore)

氷山

ひょうざん

iceberg

下山

げざん

descending a mountain

遠山

えんざん

distant mountain