Word Meaning 山脈

さんみゃく sammyaku

山脈 is read as さんみゃく (sammyaku) and means mountain range.

Meaning

English

  1. mountain range
  2. mountain belt

Reading

Kana

さんみゃく

Romaji

sammyaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 4851 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

分水山脈

ぶんすいさんみゃく

watershed

火山脈

かざんみゃく

volcanic range

ヒマラヤ山脈

ひまらやさんみゃく

the Himalayas

ロッキー山脈

ろっきーさんみゃく

Rocky Mountains

アパラチア山脈

あぱらちあさんみゃく

Appalachian mountains

断層山脈

だんそうさんみゃく

fault-block mountains

山陰

やまかげ

mountain recess

山崩れ

やまくずれ

landslide

山岳

さんがく

mountain chain

山賊

さんぞく

bandit

Example Sentences

10

とおくにゆきをかぶったさんみゃくがみえる。

a snow-covered mountain range can be seen in the distance.

This is a view of the Alps.

What's the name of the mountain range?

Mount Everest is located in the Himalayas.

The Alps are in the center of Europe.

We had native guides on our trip to the mountain.

The Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps.

The Balkan Mountain range runs across Bulgaria from west to east.

France is separated from Spain by the Pyrenees.

Known as the water towers of Asia, the Himalayas feed 10 major rivers such as the Yangtze, the Ganges and the Indus.