Fuji
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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Best Seat in the House: Near the windows at sunset to see the sun drop behind Mount Fuji.
Where to Fall in Love—or Just Get Drunk—on Valentine’s Day | Condé Nast Traveler | February 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe daily newspaper Yukan Fuji (夕刊フジ) ran a scoop about the political support as a cover story on Oct. 12, 2007.
Japan’s Justice Minister to Resign Over Yakuza Ties | Jake Adelstein | October 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe rituals were researched on a visit to Mount Fuji but, according to the Inspector General, the details must remain a mystery.
The Will Self Book Club: How the Writer Became a God | Henry Krempels | May 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 747 crashed near Mount Fuji and all 520 people aboard died.
For dessert, many different kinds of fruits (Fuji apples, Korean pears, persimmons) are piled onto one another and served.
Fuji gleamed white over clouds and pine tree foregrounds, and the sky was blue.
A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael StopesThey 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 StopesRange 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 StopesThere 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 StopesI 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
/ (ˈfuːdʒɪ) /
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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