峠 – Vocabulary details

峠とうげ

Noun

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

mountain pass

と

うげ

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

road over a mountain pass

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

昔むかしはこの峠とうげに関せきがあった。

In the old days there was a checkpoint on this mountain pass.

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