姨捨山

うばすてやま

Also written 姥捨山, おばすてやま, 姥捨て山

Meanings

1. Noun mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend)
2. position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred
3. women's college (used in the Meiji and Taisho periods) See also: 女子大学 (じょしだいがく).

Kanji

• 姨 younger sister
• 捨 discard. Read as すてる.
• 山 mountain. Read as やま.

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