Vocab Info
N2 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
峠ridge, (mountain) pass, difficult part
Dictionary Definition
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Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
1.
(mountain) pass, highest point on a mountain road, ridge
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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選挙戦の峠は投票日とその前日だ。
The peak of the election battle is the voting day and the day before it.
医師:「峠を乗り越えたら、容態が安定します。」
Doctor: 'Once we get over the worst, the condition will stabilize.'
山登りの峠を越えたので、ここからは下りです。
Since we've passed the mountain's peak in our climb, it's all downhill from here.
財政危機の峠は越えたが、国民の生活は苦しいままである。
The fiscal crisis has passed its peak, but the people's lives remain difficult.
峠の茶屋で一休みしましたが、全身に溜まった登りでの疲れが取れません。
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.
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