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N2 Noun, Noun suffix

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

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    1. Noun, Noun suffix

      1. 1.

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

    2. Noun

      1. 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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      • う

      • げ

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    • 選挙(せんきょ)戦(せん)の峠(とうげ)は投票(とうひょう)日(び)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.

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    • 医師(いし)：「峠(とうげ)を乗(の)り越(こ)えたら、容態(ようだい)が安定(あんてい)します。」

      Doctor: 'Once we get over the worst, the condition will stabilize.'

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

      Since we've passed the mountain's peak in our climb, it's all downhill from here.

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

      The fiscal crisis has passed its peak, but the people's lives remain difficult.

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    • 峠(とうげ)の茶屋(ちゃや)で一休(ひとやす)みしましたが、全身(ぜんしん)に溜(た)まった登(のぼ)りでの疲(つか)れが取(と)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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