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N2 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix

(とうげ)ridge, (mountain) pass, difficult part

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, Noun, used as a suffix

      1.

      (mountain) pass, highest point on a mountain road, ridge

    2. Noun

      2.

      peak (e.g. of summer), worst (e.g. of an illness), crisis, critical point, most difficult part

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    峠 【とうげ】

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      選挙(せんきょ)(せん)(とうげ)投票(とうひょう)()とその前日(ぜんじつ)だ。

      The peak of the election battle is the voting day and the day before it. {ridge, (mountain) pass, difficult part}

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      医師(いし):「(とうげ)()()えたら、容態(ようだい)安定(あんてい)します。」

      Doctor: 'Once we get over the hump, the condition will stabilize.' {ridge, (mountain) pass, difficult part}

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      山登(やまのぼ)りの(とうげ)()えたので、ここからは(くだ)りです。

      Since we've passed the mountain's peak in our climb, it's all downhill from here. {ridge, (mountain) pass, difficult part}

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      財政(ざいせい)危機(きき)(とうげ)()えたが、国民(こくみん)生活(せいかつ)(くる)しいままである。

      The fiscal crisis has passed its peak, but the people's lives remain difficult. {ridge, (mountain) pass, difficult part}

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      (とうげ)茶屋(ちゃや)一休(ひとやす)みしましたが、全身(ぜんしん)()まった(のぼ)りでの(つか)れが()れません。

      I took a break at the teahouse on the pass, but I couldn't shake off the fatigue from the climb that had accumulated throughout my body. {ridge, (mountain) pass, difficult part}

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