Kanji1 / 9
峠 kanji
mountain peak, mountain pass, climax, crest, (kokuji)
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
NoneKun readings
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Words with 峠
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2峠Popular(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis; critical point; most difficult part
- —峠道road over a mountain pass
- —峠越えcrossing a mountain pass
- —峠を越すto pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
- —峠バトルmountain-pass street race
- —大菩薩峠The Sword of Doom (1966 film)
- —峠を越えるto pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
- —洞が峠を決め込むto wait for a good opportunity; to come down on the right side of the fence; to see which way the cat jumps; to wait and see at Horagatoge
- —洞が峠をきめこむto wait for a good opportunity; to come down on the right side of the fence; to see which way the cat jumps; to wait and see at Horagatoge