峠

Han character

 * 1) mountain pass
 * 2) crisis, climax

Glyph origin
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Etymology
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Glyph origin
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Etymology 1
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Sound shift from. It is said that these offerings were "given" to them as they traveled into the afterlife, akin to a mountain.

Noun

 * 1) mountain pass, ridge
 * 2)  crisis, climax

Proper noun



 * 1) A place name.

Etymology 2
Various nanori readings.