Word Meaning 山越し

やまごし yamagoshi

山越し is read as やまごし (yamagoshi) and means immediately after one's draw.

Meaning

English

  1. immediately after one's draw
  2. wind blowing down, coming over a mountain
  3. winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left

Reading

Kana

やまごし

Romaji

yamagoshi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 122477 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

山越え

やまごえ

crossing a mountain

山を越す

やまをこす

to surmount a difficulty

山越しをする

やまごしをする

to cross a mountain

一山越す

ひとやまこす

to go over the hump

山猫

やまねこ

wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.)

山登り

やまのぼり

mountain climbing

山積

さんせき

piling up

山路

さんろ

mountain path

山吹

やまぶき

gold coin (formerly used in Japan)

山形

やまがた

Yamagata (city, prefecture)

山陽

さんよう

south side of a mountain

山頂

さんちょう

summit (of a mountain)