expression, Godan verb

  1. to pass the peak (of something), to get through the most difficult part, to be over the worst (e.g. an illness). Idiomatic expression.
  2. to cross a pass. Orig. meaning.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
峠を越す とうげをこす

Contained Kanji Breakdown

mountain peak, mountain pass, climax
とうげ (7th, N1)
mountain
やま サン セン (1st, N5)
above, up
ジョウ うえ あ.げる (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
below, down, descend
カ した くだ.る (1st, N5)
surpass, cross over, move to
こ.す こし エツ (7th, N3)
run
はし.る ソウ はしり (2nd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
warrior, arms, savage
ジュウ エツ えびす (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ カ ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)