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    3. 山人

    山人

    山やま人びと

    mountain folk

    KMT9News #34+1NounNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab5 strokes

    やまびとさんじん

    Noun

    1.
    mountain folk, hermit
    2.
    mountain wizard
    3.
    word used as part of a pseudonym by artists, writers, etc.

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    その山やまには山やま人びとが住すんでいるという伝でん説せつがある。

    There is a legend that mountain folk live on that mountain.

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentCulture & Traditions
    昔むかし話ばなしには、不ふ思し議ぎな力ちからを持もつ山やま人びとが登とう場じょうすることが多おおい。

    In old tales, mountain wizards with mysterious powers often appear.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentCulture & TraditionsLiterature
    彼かれは世せ俗ぞくを離はなれ、山やま人びととして静しずかに暮くらしている。

    He left the secular world and lives quietly as a hermit.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentReligion & Philosophy
    山やま人びとは森もりの奥おく深ふかくで、自し然ぜんと共ともに生せい活かつを営いとなんでいる。

    Mountain folk live deep in the forest, carrying on their lives with nature.

    KMT9Nature & Environment
    厳きびしい自し然ぜんの中なかで生いきる山やま人びとの知ち恵えは、現げん代だい社しゃ会かいにも通つうじるものがある。

    The wisdom of mountain folk living in harsh nature has something in common with modern society.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    山
    やま…(5)
    mountain
    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
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