山の手

やまのて

Also written 山手

Meanings

1. Noun hilly section of a city (usu. upscale residential) See also: 下町 (したまち). See also: 山手 (やまて).
2. Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds) See also: 下町 (したまち).
3. place near the mountains See also: 山手 (やまて).

Kanji

• 山 mountain. Read as やま.
• 手 hand. Read as て.

Words containing 山の手

• 山の手言葉 (やまのてことば) refined speech of the uptown residents of Tokyo

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