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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

山やま場ば

yamaba

climax, critical stage

Example sentences

  1. このあたりは曲全体きょくぜんたいの山場やまばで、箏そうと胡弓こきゅうのからみ合あい、掛かけ合あいが素晴すばらしい。

    It is the climax of the song, where koto and kokyu show an excellent chase.

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

  2. 元日がんじつの配達はいたつは朝あさに出発式しゅっぱつしきを行おこなう郵便局ゆうびんきょくも多おおいが、元日がんじつには既すでに山場やまばは終おわっており現実げんじつに配くばる年賀状ねんがじょうはすでに郵便局ゆうびんきょくにない。

    At many post offices, a departure ceremony is held before the delivery on New Year’s Day, but the peak of the process has passed and the nengajo are no longer in the post office.

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

  3. 今日きょうの会議かいぎはここからが山場やまばだ。

    The most important part of today’s meeting starts now.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 山場

  • 山mountainOnサン・センKunやま
  • 場location; placeOnジョウ・チョウKunば

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