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teppen
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[てっ()·ぺん()]
teppen
[てっ()·ぺん()]
teppen
tehen
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[()·へん()]
tehen
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[()·へん()]
tehen
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teppei
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[てっぺい(天辺)]
teppei
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English Meaning(s) for てっぺん

noun
  1. top; summit; apex; peak
  2. twelve o'clock (usu. midnight) (often in てっぺんを回る or てっぺん回る)
  3. top of one's head; top of a helmet; (top of) scalp; crown (esp. 頂辺 when in kanji)

Definition and Synonyms for てっぺん

Crown the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head
Synonyms: いただく, てっぺん, , , 天辺, , 頂上
Poll the top of the head
Synonyms: いただく, てっぺん, 天辺, , 頂上
Peak the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
Synonyms: いただく, てっぺん, , , 天辺, 天頂, 山嶺, 山巓, 山頂, , 絶頂, , 頂上, 頂点
Acme the highest point (of something)
Synonyms: てっぺん, 天辺, 天頂, , 頂上, 頂点

Categories てっぺん is a member of

Extremum the point located farthest from the middle of something
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Upside the highest or uppermost side of anything
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Topographic Point a point located with respect to surface features of some region
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Acme the highest point (of something)
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Sample Sentences for てっぺん

Take this knife and cut the top off.
An old castle stands on top of the cliff.
The top of this tree is level with the fence.
We climbed to the top.
I tried flying from the top of the tree.

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