Word Meaning 山姥

やまうば yamauba

山姥 is read as やまうば (yamauba) and means mountain witch.

Meaning

English

mountain witch
yamauba

Reading

Kana

やまうば

Romaji

yamauba

Writing Variants

山姥やまんば yamamba

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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姥捨て山

うばすてやま

mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend)

山道

やまみち

mountain road

山林

さんりん

mountains and forest

山

やま

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

山脈

さんみゃく

mountain range

山川

さんせん

mountains and rivers

山陰

やまかげ

mountain recess

山登り

やまのぼり

mountain climbing

山積

さんせき

piling up

山路

やまじ

mountain path

山水

さんすい

garden which contains an artificial hill and a pond

山車

だし

parade float