とうげ

峠

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun, used as a suffix

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

    • 私達が峠にさしかかる頃に雨になった。
      It began to rain as we came near the pass.

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

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