How to say peak in Japanese

JLPTN3

盛り^★【さかりsakari】

noun / suffix noun:

peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); height (e.g. of summer) - ざかり when used as a suffix
prime (of one's life); one's best days

noun:

rutting; being in heat

Example Sentences

満開mankai をwoチョイCHOI過ぎたsugita 感kan はha ありましたarimashita がga、それsoreでもdemo、美しいutsukushii 桜sakura をwo 満喫mankitsu してshite きましたkimashita。: They seem a little past their peak, but even so we enjoyed the beautiful cherry blossoms.
美bi というのはtoiunoha 山yama のno 頂上choujou にni 似ているniteiru ようyou にni 私watashi にはniha 思われたomowareta。そこsoko にni 着いてtsuite しまえばshimaeba、またmata 下りるoriru 以外igai にはniha 何もnanimo するsuru ことkoto がga ないnai のno であるdearu。: It seemed to me that beauty was like the summit of a mountain peak; when you had reached it there was nothing to do but to come down again.
頂上choujou がga 雪yuki でde 覆われたoowareta そのsono 山yama がga みえますmiemasu かka。: Can you see that mountain with the snow-covered peak?
朝asa のno ラッシュRASSHU はha 今ima がga ピークPIIKU だda。: The morning rush is at its peak now.
私watashi はha 頂上choujou からkara 下山gezan するsuru 途中tochuu 彼らkarera にni 会ったatta。: I met them during my descent from the peak.

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