N2333/1725

頂ちょう点てん

geometrynounnoun (generic)

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ちょうてん

Meanings

vertex, apex
top (e.g. of a mountain), summit, peak
top (of a profession, field, etc.), summit
peak (of popularity, a boom, etc.), height (e.g. of prosperity), apex, zenith, climax

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Example sentences

三角形さんかっけいの頂点ちょうてんは三みっつある。

A triangle has three vertices.

彼女かのじょはキャリアの頂点ちょうてんに立たっている。

She is standing at the peak of her career.

山やまの頂点ちょうてんまで登のぼるのに四よ時間じかんかかった。

It took four hours to climb to the summit of the mountain.

そのバンドは人気にんきの頂点ちょうてんにいた時とき、突然とつぜん解散かいさんしてしまった。

That band suddenly disbanded when they were at the height of their popularity.

古代こだいローマ帝国ていこくは繁栄はんえいの頂点ちょうてんを極きわめた後のち、長ながい衰退すいたいの時代じだいへと入はいっていったとされている。

It is said that the ancient Roman Empire entered a long period of decline after reaching the zenith of its prosperity.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)