Illustration: Two hikers reach a narrow saddle where their trail crosses a mountain ridge between two visibly higher wooded slopes. The path behind them climbs from one valley, while the path ahead immediately descends toward houses in another.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

峠とうげ

touge

mountain pass

Example sentences

  1. 私達わたしたちが峠とうげにさしかかる頃ころに雨あめになった。

    It began to rain as we came near the pass.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 車両しゃりょうでの通行つうこうが可能かのうな峠とうげである。

    The pass is travelable for vehicles.

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

  3. このため、この峠とうげを利用りようする人ひとは限かぎられている。

    Consequently, people who use the pass are limited.

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

Kanji in 峠

  • 峠mountain peak; mountain passKunとうげ

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