Meaning of 急峻(きゅうしゅん) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 急峻

Kana Reading きゅうしゅん

Romaji kyūshun

Parts of speech

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

steep; sharp

Examples of 急峻, きゅうしゅん in a sentence

只見町は福島県南会津地方にあり、急峻な山を隔てて新潟との県境に位置しています。

Tadami is in Minamiaizu in Fukushima; cut off by steep mountains and located on the prefecture border with Niigata.

Related Kanji

峻 JLPT 1

10 strokes

high, steep

On'Yomi: シュン

Kun'Yomi: けわ.しい, たか.い

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急 JLPT 4

9 strokes

hurry, emergency, sudden, steep

On'Yomi: キュウ

Kun'Yomi: いそ.ぐ, いそ.ぎ

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