Illustration: A hiker stands on the small rocky summit of a Japanese mountain, with ridgelines visibly descending away on every side. Their companion has just climbed the final step and reaches up to accept a helping hand.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

頂ちょう点てん

chouten

peak, height

Example sentences

  1. 経済けいざいは今景気循環いまけいきじゅんかんの頂点ちょうてんにある。

    The economy is at peak of a business cycle at present.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 自動車生産じどうしゃせいさんは頂点ちょうてんを超こえた。

    Automobile production has peaked out.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 室町文化むろまちぶんかの流ながれには、2つの頂点ちょうてんがある。

    Muromachi culture had two climaxes in its history.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 頂点

  • 頂place on the head; receiveOnチョウKunいただく・いただき
  • 点spot; pointOnテンKunつける・つく・たてる

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