Fuji

[ foo-jee ]

/ ˈfu dʒi /

noun

a dormant volcano in central Japan, on Honshu island: highest mountain in Japan. 12,395 feet (3778 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/.

Example sentences from the Web for fuji

For dessert, many different kinds of fruits (Fuji apples, Korean pears, persimmons) are piled onto one another and served.

A Korean New Year's Day Menu |Kelly Choi |February 10, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Apples—Braeburn, Macoun, Macintosh, Red Delicious, Gala, Fuji, Pink Lady, Golden Delicious—are also familiar hybrids.

The Secrets of Hybrid Fruit |Stacey Slate |January 22, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
I am crazy for a short turn about the place, a view of Daisen, which they say is much like Fuji.

The Four Corners in Japan |Amy Ella Blanchard
Legend asserts that Fuji came from the earth in a single night, while Lake Biwa sank simultaneously.

Myths & Legends of Japan |F. Hadland (Frederick Hadland) Davis

He always looked into the ice-box, and admired the cleanliness of Fuji's arrangements.

Where the Blue Begins |Christopher Morley
By both of the national religions Fuji is held in reverence.

Exotics and Retrospectives |Lafcadio Hearn
Then Captain Matsumoto, commanding the battleship Fuji, rose.

Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun |Harry Collingwood

British Dictionary definitions for fuji

Fuji

/ (ˈfuːdʒɪ) /

noun

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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