黒山

黒山

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黒	山
くろ Grade: 2	やま Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
黑山 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 黒 (kuro, “black”) +‎ 山 (yama, “mountain”).[1][2][3]

First cited to the 伏屋の物語 (Fuseya no Monogatari), one of the 御伽草子 (Otogi-zōshi) written during the Muromachi period (1392–1573).[1]

Noun

黒(くろ)山(やま) • (kuroyama) 

1. [from probably 1400s] (archaic, possibly obsolete) thickly forested mountains
2. [from around 1820–1849] (by extension) a throng (of people)

Proper noun

黒(くろ)山(やま) • (Kuroyama) 

1. a surname
2. a place name

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN