Fuji

[ foo-jee ]

noun
  1. a dormant volcano in central Japan, on Honshu island: highest mountain in Japan. 12,395 feet (3,778 meters).

  • Also called Fu·ji·ya·ma [foo-jee-yah-muh; Japanese foo-jee-yah-mah], /ˌfu dʒiˈyɑ mə; Japanese ˈfu dʒiˈyɑ mɑ/, Fu·ji·san [foo-jee-sahn]. /ˈfu dʒiˌsɑn/.

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How to use Fuji in a sentence

  • Fuji gleamed white over clouds and pine tree foregrounds, and the sky was blue.

    A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael Stopes
  • They say they are going to put a telephone up Mount Fuji, so as to be able to interview him from the top!

    A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael Stopes
  • Range after range of hills stood back from the sea towards Fuji mountain, whose position I knew, but who was hidden in the clouds.

    A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael Stopes
  • There are lots of white Canterbury bells among the tall grasses, and the wild Fuji wistaria branches climb round many a trunk.

    A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael Stopes
  • I had great hopes that the cone of Fuji mountain would show above the coast over the water.

    A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael Stopes

British Dictionary definitions for Fuji

Fuji

/ (ˈfuːdʒɪ) /


noun
  1. Mount Fuji an extinct volcano in central Japan, in S central Honshu: the highest mountain in Japan, famous for its symmetrical snow-capped cone. Height: 3776 m (12 388 ft): Also known as: Fujiyama, Fuji-san

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