Dashi is also called "Yama" which is described in kanji (Chinese characters of Japanese language) as "Yama (literally, mountain)" or "Yama plus Kuruma (literally, vehicle)" and also in kokuji (native script, kana kanji made in Japan) as Yama with radical Kuruma at left, and, more specifically, Dashi or Yama is called Hikiyama, Kakiyama, Katsugiyama, Yamaboko, Hoko, Yamagasa, Saisha, Mikuruma, Yatai (used mainly in Chubu region like Nagano Prefecture, Hida region in Gifu Prefecture, and so on), and Danjiri (used mainly in Kansai region.)
やま（「山」「山車」の表記のほか、車偏に「山」の国字の表記もある）、曳山（ひきやま、曳き山とも）、舁き山（かきやま）、担ぎ山、山鉾、鉾、山笠、祭車、御車、屋台（主に長野県、岐阜県飛騨地方など中部地方）、地車（だんじり・だんぢり。主に関西地方）などと、地方によって様々な呼ばれ方をする。