山越え

やまごえ

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive crossing a mountain

Kanji

• 山 mountain. Read as やま.
• 越 go over. Read as ごえ.

Example sentences

• 暖かい軽い空気は山越えすると上空に上昇し、地上には下りてこないことなど、風は地形によって変わります。
  When warm, light, air crosses mountains it rises into the upper atmosphere and does not fall back to the ground. In this, and other, ways wind changes with the terrain.
• 山越えの道は狭く、しかも急勾配だった。
  The road across the mountain was narrow, and what's more, it was a steep slope.

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