尾根

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尾	根
お Grade: S	ね Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Compound of 尾 (o, “a mountain ridge”) +‎ 根 (-ne, “root; something sticking up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞.ne̞]

Noun

尾(お)根(ね) • (one) ^{←をね (wone)?}

1. a mountain ridge

   尾根(おね)伝(つた)いに歩(ある)く

   one tsutai ni aruku

   to walk along a ridge

   尾根(おね)まで登(のぼ)る

   one made noboru

   to climb up to a ridge

Synonyms

• 峰(みね) (mine)
• 稜線(りょうせん) (ryōsen)
• 脊梁(せきりょう) (sekiryō)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.