峠

Meaning

1. nn-suf
   (mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge
2. n
   peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis; critical point; most difficult part

Example sentences

• 病人はもう峠を越した。

  The patient is now safe.

• 私達が峠にさしかかる頃に雨になった。

  It began to rain as we came near the pass.

• ブームは峠を越した。

  The boom has peaked out.