山脈

Japanese JLPT N1 Vocabulary Japanese ★★★ 3/5 neutral さんみゃくsanmyaku
読み さんみゃく
ローマ字 sanmyaku
漢字の分解 山 (san/yama) — mountain; 脈 (myaku) — vein, pulse, chain
発音 /sam.mja.kɯ/

意味

Mountain range; mountain chain. A series of connected mountains forming a linear or arc-shaped landform sharing a common geological origin.

A noun used in geographical and geological contexts. 山脈 refers specifically to a continuous chain of mountains, as opposed to isolated peaks. It appears frequently in proper names such as ヒマラヤ山脈 and アルプス山脈, and is standard vocabulary for geography education at all levels.

例文

  1. ヒマラヤ山脈には世界最高峰をはじめ、多くの八千メートル峰が連なっている。
  2. この山脈は古代から隣国との自然の国境線として機能してきた。
  3. 日本アルプスと呼ばれる山脈は飛騨、木曽、赤石の三つから成る。

使い方ガイド

場面: geography, geology, travel

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 山 (mountain) and 脈 (vein, pulse, connected chain). The character 脈 implies a continuous flow or connection, likening a mountain range to veins running through the earth.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal

関連フレーズ

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