How to say "mount" in Japanese

• マウントCommon
  nounThe noun 'mount': a stand, bracket, or fixture that holds something in place. A katakana loanword, it names the physical holder rather than the act of mounting.
• またがるJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbThe verb for getting on a horse, bicycle, or the like: to straddle it, sitting astride. Usually written in kana alone, it is the riding sense of 'mount', not the technical one.
  馬うまの背せにまたがり野山のやまを走り回はしりまわった。↗

  I rode all over the countryside on horseback.
• 岳たけCommon
  noun, noun (suffix)A noun for a high mountain; it supplies the 'Mount' or 'Mt.' of mountain names. It has nothing to do with mounting a horse or installing equipment.
• 台紙だいしCommon
  nounIts 'mount' is the backing paper or mat that a photo or painting is attached to — the framing sense, unrelated to machines or riding.
• 据え付けるすえつけるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbThe verb for mounting in the sense of installing: to fix equipment in place or equip something with it. Use it for setting up machinery, not for getting on a horse.

Use 「マウント」 for the physical fixture, 「据え付ける」 for installing or mounting equipment, 「またがる」 for getting on a horse or bicycle, 台紙 for mounting a photo or painting, and 岳 for 'Mount' in mountain names.

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• マウントmount
• またがるto mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.)
• 岳たけ(high) mountain
• 台紙だいしbacking paper (for a photo, painting, etc.)
• 据え付けるすえつけるto install
• 架かrack
• マウントを取るマウントをとるto mount (animal behaviour)
• 装架そうかmount (for equipment)
• 山さんMt.
• 積もり積もるつもりつもるto pile up and up
• 散りばめるちりばめるto inlay
• 乗馬じょうばmount
• 乗るのるto get on (e.g. a footstool)