Asama

[ uh-sah-muh; Japanese ah-sah-mah ]

noun

1. Mount Asama, a volcano in central Honshu, northwest of Tokyo: one of the largest active volcanoes in Japan. 8,340 feet (2,542 meters).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Asama¹

First recorded in 1875–80; from Japanese

Example Sentences

Asama, an active volcano of Japan, about 50 miles north-west of Tokio, 8260 feet high.

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Above us hung in the sky a banner, the great cloud which by day and by night issues from the crater of Asama-yama.

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The most famous of the active volcanoes is Asama-yama in Shinano.

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Of the armoured ships the only one that had been badly hit was the "Asama."

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