峠

Japanese JLPT N1 Vocabulary Japanese ★★★★ 4/5 neutral とうげtouge
読み とうげ
ローマ字 touge
漢字の分解 峠 (tōge) — mountain pass (kokuji, Japan-made character combining 山, 上, and 下)
発音 /toː.ɡe/

意味

Mountain pass; the highest point of a mountain road; the peak or crisis point of a situation. Used both literally for geography and figuratively for turning points.

A yamato kotoba noun written with a kokuji (Japan-made character) that combines 山 (mountain), 上 (above), and 下 (below), capturing the idea of crossing over the high point between two valleys. Figuratively, 峠を越える means to pass the worst point of an illness, crisis, or difficulty — making it a versatile word in both literal and metaphorical contexts.

例文

  1. 急カーブが連続する峠を越えると、眼下に美しい渓谷が広がった。
  2. 病状は峠を越え、医師からようやく安心できると告げられた。
  3. 真冬の峠道は凍結しているため、チェーンの装着が義務付けられている。

使い方ガイド

場面: geography, hiking, figurative language

トーン: descriptive

起源と歴史

Native Japanese word (yamato kotoba). The kanji 峠 is a kokuji character combining 山, 上, and 下, visually representing the act of ascending and descending a mountain at its crossing point.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal

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