Word Meaning 峠を越える

とうげをこえる touge o koeru

峠を越える is read as とうげをこえる (touge o koeru) and means to cross a pass.

Meaning

English

  1. to cross a pass
  2. to pass the peak (of something)
  3. to get through the most difficult part
  4. to be over the worst (e.g. an illness)

Reading

Kana

とうげをこえる

Romaji

touge o koeru

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 141978 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

峠越え

とうげごえ

crossing a mountain pass

峠を越す

とうげをこす

to cross a pass

とうげ

(mountain) pass

踏み越える

ふみこえる

to step over or across

越える

こえる

to exceed

乗り越える

のりこえる

to surpass (a predecessor)

一線を越える

いっせんをこえる

to cross the line

死線を越える

しせんをこえる

to be out of danger

年が越せる

としがこせる

to able to enter the New Year (i.e. have work finished, debts paid, etc.)

呉越同舟

ごえつどうしゅう

bitter enemies in the same boat

Example Sentences

1

このとうげをこえるのはたいへんだ。

Crossing this mountain pass is difficult.