山背

やませ

cold wind descending from the mountains

山背風

やませかぜ

cold wind descending from the mountains

背の順

せのじゅん

order of height

馬の背

うまのせ

horseback

背の君

せのきみ

one's husband

背

せ せい

height, stature

紺の背広

こんのせびろ

blue business suit

背の低い

せのひくい

short (of a person)

背の高い

せのたかい

tall (of a person)

背水の陣

はいすいのじん

fighting with one's back to the wall, having burnt one's bridges, last stand, from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing

背の高さ

せのたかさ

height (e.g. in a form)

山の頂

やまのいただき

mountain top

関の山

せきのやま

the most one can do, as much as one can, as hard as possible

山の幸

やまのさち

food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.), fruits of the land

山の気

やまのき

mountain air

山の端

やまのは

edge (brow) of mountain

山の手

やまのて

hilly section of a city (usu. residential), Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds)

山の井

やまのい

mountain well

山の芋

やまのいも しょよ じょよ じょうよ ヤマノイモ

Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)